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COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: How Long is Your Restoration Cycle?When you get upset with your partner and a repair is made, how long does it take for your emotions, thoughts, and body to restore to equilibrium? I can almost...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Mar. 5, 2021There are no comments yet. 743 Views
TIM TALK
How are D students going to learn what they missed this year?Pleasanton school trustees last week expanded grading criteria for the spring semester to allow more students to receive credit for their Zoom classes. Instead...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Mar. 2, 2021Last comment by jerry miller, on Mar 2, 2021 at 11:03 pm | 2 comments | 824 Views
ART SPACE
The Perfect Landscape Paintingby Bill Carmel, MFA The painting begins late morning with a hike up a path to a view so splendid, wondrous, and arresting that walking stops. I sit...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Feb. 21, 2021Last comment by Sandra Roe, on Feb 28, 2021 at 4:23 am | 1 comment | 670 Views
TIM TALK
Rep. Ro Khanna wants to require all businesses to pay $15 per hourThe callous actions of President Joe Biden and other leading Democrats is mind-blowing. When the president cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline by executive order...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 25, 2021Last comment by Michael Austin , on Feb 27, 2021 at 7:49 pm | 17 comments | 1828 Views
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Planning for 2021 county fair continuingIt was no surprise to read news stories last week announcing that the 2021 Livermore Rodeo and the two GoodGuys winter and spring gatherings at the fairgrounds have...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 23, 2021Last comment by pleasantonweekly.com, on Feb 25, 2021 at 8:19 am | 4 comments | 1275 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Know a Book Agent or Publisher?Dear Readers, I hope you are all as well as can be during this time. I am humbly asking for your help if you know a book agent or someone in traditional publishing...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 21, 2021Last comment by AmyGregory, on Feb 23, 2021 at 11:37 pm | 3 comments | 4267 Views
TIM TALK
A poor decision to stop planning for the futureAfter working together with Livermore Valley agencies for seven years, the majority of the Pleasanton City Council scrapped funding to study reusing potable water. Mayor...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 18, 2021Last comment by Michael Austin , on Feb 22, 2021 at 8:49 am | 7 comments | 1702 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Stay in VegasWhat Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas--NOT! Even though there is little traveling now due to Covid, the principles here still hold. These two quotes are from...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 19, 2021There are no comments yet. 3468 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton elementary students should be back in school nowYoung elementary students in the San Ramon Valley started attending in-person classes Wednesday, returning to the classroom for the first time in about 11 months...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 11, 2021Last comment by Kevin, on Feb 17, 2021 at 9:02 pm | 18 comments | 3165 Views
TIM TALK
Lockdown is causing far more harm that the virusHere’s hoping that Pleasanton school trustees will immediately move ahead with reopening elementary schools at their meeting this week. Trustees deadlocked 2-2...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 16, 2021Last comment by James Michael, on Feb 16, 2021 at 1:49 pm | 2 comments | 1258 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: "I - You" Statements"I - You" Statements. No, that's not a typo. I hear these a lot when I encourage partners to use "I statements" or to share how s/he is feeling....
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 12, 2021There are no comments yet. 3649 Views
TIM TALK
Tackling issues about educating boysPleasanton resident Sean Kullman can demonstrate he has the facts on his side as his non-profit organization tries to climb a steep mountain focused on opportunities...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 9, 2021Last comment by Gina Channell, Pleasanton Weekly Publisher, on Feb 11, 2021 at 10:48 am | 1 comment | 1221 Views
TIM TALK
Pleasanton trustees take the right actionKudos to the Pleasanton school trustees for pushing to get back to in-person instruction for students. The district has been providing in-person instruction...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 2, 2021Last comment by Doc, on Feb 10, 2021 at 11:47 am | 3 comments | 1975 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Take a Closer Look at UC-RiversideLocated in California’s Inland Empire, UC-Riverside is approximately an hour’s drive from Los Angeles and 40 minutes from Anaheim, home of Disneyland....
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Feb. 10, 2021There are no comments yet. 1522 Views
TIM TALK
Wowed by pitches by innovative companiesLiving and writing about the Tri-Valley innovative companies led to an invitation last month to view the Alchemist Accelerator’s 26th pitch day. The San Francisco-based...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Feb. 4, 2021Last comment by Gina Channell, Publisher, on Feb 9, 2021 at 7:50 pm | 2 comments | 1560 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Premarital and Couples: "Now I Trust in the System"While maintaining confidentiality, I wanted to share this quote I heard in my office a while back. I've been training another therapist in Couples Counseling,...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Feb. 5, 2021There are no comments yet. 3973 Views
TIM TALK
Proposed San Ramon projects sparking oppositionSan Ramon city leaders are facing some serious opposition on two proposed projects. A group of residents has been battling hard to stop Costo’s proposed...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 28, 2021Last comment by Jealous in Danville, on Feb 1, 2021 at 7:40 am | 1 comment | 2338 Views
COUPLE'S NET
"To a man, talk is work; to a woman it's reward.""Men talk . . . all the time . . . in normal daily intercourse, men never shut up . . . Three men building a stone wall. Talk, talk, talk. . . On and on . ....
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Jan. 29, 2021There are no comments yet. 4055 Views
DOING COLLEGE
Hastened by COVID, A Test Optional Experiment Is Underway in College AdmissionThe movement toward optional use of standardized tests date back to 1969 when Bowdoin College in Maine ended testing requirements. Since then, hundreds of colleges...
Original post made by Elizabeth LaScala on Jan. 27, 2021There are no comments yet. 1919 Views
TIM TALK
Renewable solar energy runs into opposition in North LivermoreLand north of Interstate 580 outside of the Livermore city limits has been a growth battleground since the 1970s. Several different developments have been proposed...
Original post made by Tim Hunt on Jan. 26, 2021Last comment by Rich Buckley, on Jan 26, 2021 at 8:48 am | 1 comment | 1780 Views
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How are D students going to learn what they missed this year?
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