🌱 How one Woodacre resident captured kindness in just six words

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• How one Woodacre resident captured kindness in just six words

Also on today's calendar: Fairfax Irish Festival Of Music & Dance.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Sunny and warmer, with a high of 89 and low of 53 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 51.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Marin residents share tales of kindness (marinij.com) — Marin residents, including at least one from Woodacre, share touching six-word stories about everyday kindness, from returned wallets to help during illness. The piece also invites locals to submit their own six-word stories by Oct. 16 for possible publication in the Oct. 27 lifestyles section, with clear instructions on how to participate.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodacre

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• Samadhi Spirit Rock Retreat October 2026 →
  Spirit Rock, Woodacre
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• Concentration (Samādhi) Retreat: Cultivating Joy and Contentment →
  Spirit Rock Meditation Center, 5000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Woodacre
  11:00 pm
Friday October 16
• Fairfax Irish Festival Of Music & Dance →
  , Fairfax
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 30
• Senior Stroll: Loch Lomond Birds
  Loch Lomond Marina
  10:00 am
• Bilingual Spanish Storytime →
  Imagination Park, 541 San Anselmo Avenue, San Anselmo
  10:30 am
• Fairfax Farmers Market 2026 →
  Bolinas Park, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Hike to the Summit
  White Hill Preserve
  8:00 am
• Reiki First Degree: Level 1 Usui Shiki Ryoho →
  Padma Studio, 56 Bolinas Road, Fairfax
  11:30 am
• Black Wall Street: African American Entrepreneurship →
  San Anselmo CA
  11:30 am
• Canceled – Fall in Love with Fairfax by Fairfax Chamber of Commerce →
  Fairfax CA
  5:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Bothin Marsh Restoration
  Mill Valley/Sausalito Path
  9:00 am
Tuesday October 6
• Civic Center Landscape Stewardship
  Veterans Memorial Auditorium
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Would anyone like these crystals?
  They were my mom's, but aren'tmy sort of thing. Spoon for size. (Nextdoor San Geronimo Valley)
• Anna has given me good, inexpensive haircuts.
  She listens to my suggestions and offers her own (Nextdoor San Geronimo Valley)

• Target posted a job opening for Guest Advocate (Cashier or Front of Store Attendant/Cart Attendant) (T2772) in San Rafael. Apply here.
• Oak St. Health posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Larkspur. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Woodacre here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fairfax

• Volleyball Recap: Los Angeles CES Rolls Past Hamilton (maxpreps.com)

San Anselmo

• Endorsement: IJ recommends Herbst, McMillan for Ross council seats (marinij.com)
• Marin Voice: Ross Valley can't sandbag its way out of flood risk (marinij.com)
• Redwood Girls JV Volleyball vs. Palo Alto (maxpreps.com)

San Rafael

• Marin native brings film about renowned community organizer to San Rafael (marinij.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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