🌱 How a Bodega Head epiphany sparked a new spiritual hiking app

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Bodega Head epiphany sparked a new spiritual hiking app

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Clouds breaking and breezy, with a high of 59 and low of 48 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 60, low: 51.
• Friday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 61 and low of 49 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Connecting with creation on Sacred Ground (umnews.org) — A new spirituality-focused walking app highlights several Sacred Ground sites along the Pacific Coast near Bodega Bay, including Bodega Head, where the project was first envisioned. Led by Windsor pastor Laurie Bayen, the program blends local Indigenous history, environmental reflection and guided hikes across Sonoma County, inviting residents to explore nearby redwoods, wetlands and coastline with fresh attention and care.
   

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📸 Around Bodega Bay

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bodega Bay

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday May 26

• BiblioBus at Bodega Bay School →
  Bodega Bay Elementary School, 1200 Canon St, Bodega Bay
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Bodega Bay Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Girls Flag Football Game @ Windsor (Double Header)
  Twin Hills Charter Middle Windsor Middle School, 9500 Brooks Rd S, Windsor, CA 95492, US
  4:15 pm
• Boys Volleyball Game @ Twin Hills
  Twin Hills Charter Middle Twin Hills Middle School, 1685 Watertrough Rd, Sebastopol, CA 9
  4:15 pm
• Petaluma's past: How to search newspapers.com
  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma, CA, 94952
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• CPR First Aid Class (American Heart Association) →
  Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center 5350 Commerce Blvd, Suite B, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
  9:00 am

Friday May 15

• Greenermind Summit 2026 →
  Cazadero Music Camp, 5385 Cazadero Hwy, Cazadero
  2:00 pm
• Hillcrest Middle School Dance
  Gravenstein Elementary Sebastopol, CA 95472
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 16

• Insect Discovery Lab
  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum Shollenberger Park, 1400 Cader Lane, Petaluma, 94954, United States
  10:00 am
• THABEF fundraiser
  Twin Hills Charter Middle Hook & Ladder Vineyards & Winery, 2134 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa, C
  4:00 pm
• Inn At Occidental - Occidental, CA -S.R. Laws Original Acoustic Songwriter →
  Inn At Occidental, 3657 Church St, Occidental
  5:00 pm
• Brandy Clark - Sebastopol
  Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Outdoors at Hopmonk Tavern - Sebastopol
  6:00 pm

Sunday May 17

• BLOOM HIP HOP FESTIVAL & CAR SHOW
  Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Sebastopol Community Cultural Center 390 Morris St. Sebastopol, 95472
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Albertsons Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Baker in Guerneville. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Bakery Wrapper / Clean Up in Rohnert Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bodega Bay here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Occidental

• Shelby Means Band with Mission Blue at Occidental Center for the Arts May 16 (gaysonoma.com)
• Wall Street mixed, oil prices jump as Trump calls Iran's response to peace deal ‘unacceptable' (pressdemocrat.com)

Sebastopol

• After three decades of service, Sebastopol names Mary Gourley city manager (pressdemocrat.com)
• What the heck is a cost allocation plan and why does it matter? (sebastopoltimes.com)
• Analy High's arts programs cut as district addresses deficit, pointing to Santa Rosa's tighter limits on transfers (pressdemocrat.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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