Showing posts with label Sacramento. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sacramento. Show all posts

Thanksgiving with my Family as a Child. In Los Gatos and Sacramento.

We went to Sacramento on Thanksgiving to Uncle Marc and Aunt Peg's home. They had two daughters, Robin and Jill. Uncle Marc was a criminal defense attorney in Sacramento and Aunt Peg was a Social Worker. Jill became a lawyer and moved to Seattle and Robin went to work at Uncle Marc's Law office. One time a client of Aunt Peg's did a Bank Robbery and was holding hostages. The police called her and said that the only person he felt comfortable talking to was his social worker... She negotiate the release of the hostages. 

We alternated Locations Every Year. One Year we would all go out to dinner in Los Gatos at a Fancy Restaurant (Villa Felice Or La Hacienda) and the Other Year we had a home cooked meal in Sacramento. After Dinner we always took a "Forced March" down the Street to Land Park... I Never Liked That but... It WAS FORCED so I Participated. I Also Remember Debating with Uncle Marc About Important Subjects. He always won  the Debates. I Guess since he TALKED FOR A LIVING he Had Become Skilled at That. I Also believe he simply took the opposite viewpoint just to exercise my brain... Get me Thinking... No Matter What the Subject was he took the Opposite... 

Once I Asked Uncle Marc about Defending Guilty People. He Said: "We Don't Know if They are Guilty. That's for Judges and Jurors to Decide. AND... Every person deserves a Defense Attorney... Not Only a Defense Attorney but a MAD DOG Defense Attorney that will Fight for Him... 

As a child my family climbed the Cinder Cone at Mount Lassen. It's a pile of volcanic ash. It was difficult to climb as we slid down while walking up. "Two steps forward one step back." The whole family went. Uncle Marc and Aunt Peg, Cousins Robin and Jill.

We camped at the Lake and went to a campfire talk by Park Rangers. They told the story of the Indians of Lassen and the History of the Volcano exploding. Lava flowed as far away as Chico. The volcano once was a giant mountain in prehistoric times... They showed illustrations of how big it was in comparison to the seemingly tiny mountain that remains...

The highlight of any trip to Lassen was the Bubbling Mudpots of Bumpass Hell. It's a valley of hot springs that is bright orange and yellow. Extremely hot sulfur vents out of the volcano making lakes of hot bubbling mud. It was named for an early explorer, Kendall Bumpass, who fell into a mudpot and died from the heat. There are sulfur springs right on the road but the best ones are an easy one and a half mile hike away from the parking lot. The rangers built wooden boardwalks for tourists to go out over the mudpots safely.

Read more of My Autobiography at:

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html


Vanderlaan Family at Thanksgiving
Vanderlaan Family at Thanksgiving:
Left to Right Standing: Robin's Husband, Robin's Son, My Brother Martin, My Dad Justin.
Seated: Cousin Robin, Patti's Mom Bonita, Patti-Martin's Wife, Child, Uncle Marcus, Aunt Peg and Mom-Marguerite

Marcus Vanderlaan - My Uncle
Marcus Vanderlaan - My Uncle


Some Thoughts About My Life at An Old Folks Home... Autobiography... a Few Words About My Housemates and What's Happening Now - August 2020

Briefly: I Live in a Six Person Group Home. We Have a Caregiver On Duty 24 Hours a Day. They Cook All Meals, Do Laundry, Give Us Our Pills, Shop for Groceries, Take Out The Garbage and Clean The House... We Also Have Gardeners That Take Care of the Property. In Fact, With a Guy Who Invests My Money and Another that Does My Taxes... ALL TASKS ARE DONE... AUTOMATICALLY...

That Leaves Me A Lot of Free Time to Write This Blog, Publish Original Songs on Youtube and Draw Art & Memes in Potatoshop... 

~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~

My New Housemate is a DOORS Fan... and JOURNEY... (They are Sixties Rock Groups) A Caregiver has Karaoke on her Phone and we Sang "Lights" 

He Plays Youtube on the TV Really Loud. I Got to Hear some rather Interesting Live Performances of "The End" and "Riders on the Storm" ... He is Here Because of Mental Illness. Some Asylum sent him here as a Halfway House... Just Like Me! 

He went for Electroshock Therapy last week... It Apparently did no harm. I Was Surprised that anyone did that anymore but evidently they do... as a Cure for Depression when Chemical therapy does not work... WHO KNEW? I Always think of "One Flew Over The Cockoo's Nest" when anyone discusses that treatment." Or The "Sleep Room" the CIA MKULTRA Project in Canada lead by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron... a Real Sicko!

anyway... It's Interesting to Have a Person That is Not Suffering from Severe Dementia... 

We also have a Retired Fireman from Fremont... also a Pilot... He has Great Difficulty Remembering Names or Locations... It's Kind of Fun talking to Him because I have to guess what the subject is... often I take five or six tries to guess the meaning of his sentences... He is Registered to Vote and Supports Trump... Like So Many TrumpNiks, Totally Out Of Touch With Reality... 

and a Widowed Housewife of an Air Force Policeman... She is unhappy about everything all the time...  Complains about the Food Every Meal... Complains about the Temperature in her room... Her TV "Breaks Down" about once a week and I Fix It using the Remote Control... Wants to Move Somewhere Else but... No Action on that front by her Daughter... 

and Then There is Trudy... I Have No Idea Who she is... Never actually had a conversation... 

and Last Week Betty Died. Over 100 Years Old. Passed Away Quietly... I've become friends with her son... Soon I'll write a Email saying... "How You Doing? I'm Sure Glad to Have Met Your Mom." - or something Like That... 

and... It was 108 Degrees Here Yesterday... and There WAS Thunder and Lightning... NO FIRES HERE... Yet... I Do Not Think that There is any kind of Evacuation Plan... However, Next Door Mickey and Elena Live and Both of them Have Cars... so I Guess I Could Ride along with them... and about Half of the Caregivers have cars... 

We Have an Endless Stream of Young Black Women who work here... Wonderful! Most from Jamaica... and a Lot of Filipino and Hispanic Women... Odd that No White People Want this Job... I Guess Higher Pay at Amazon or the Postal Service... That's Where a Couple of them Went... 

I Still Do the Guided Meditation by Sonya Sophia Every Monday... It's Worthy... LINK to a Webpage Called: Spiritual Teacher Sonya Sophia - Photo At the Goddess Temple in Chico, California - She Does Healing Workshops at The Rainbow Gathering and Burning Man... and Online... http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/10/spiritual-teacher-sonya-sophia-born-in.html

and I Participated in The Harmonic Convergence 2020... Which Lead to The Saturday Night Alive Show with the Global Peace Tribe... https://www.theharmonicconvergence2020.org/


meme - CIA LSD MKULTRA - gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan Psychedelic Art...


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My Brother Martin's wife Patti took me to my first AA meeting at Lake Tahoe. Thanks! It allowed me to live a lot longer.

More about Northshore Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley. I remember riding the Tram to the top of Squaw Valley in the summer. Many Bicycle riders were going to the top in order to ride down. I just went there to walk around and look at the Lake and the mountains. At the top is a Restaurant/Bar and an Ice Skating rink. I got a glass of whiskey and sat on the porch. It is really high in elevation and the booze was strong... and wonderful...


I was living in my Dad's Cabin at Northshore for a few weeks in the late 1990s. Often I would get up in the morning and take a walk down to the lake... I would FLIP A COIN to see if I rode the local bus towards Nevada or towards the California side of the lake. If I was going to Nevada, I would stop at the Safeway Grocery Store and pick up a free "Shopper Coupon" newspaper. There were many "Lucky Buck" coupons for the Casinos. They would allow you to place one dollar bill and a lucky buck coupon as a TWO Dollar bet. If you won, they paid you TWO dollars, if you lost they kept ONE dollar. This changed the odds of winning DRAMATICALLY in my favor. They believe that once a person is in the casino, they will continue and eventually lose a Hundred Dollars or whatever... However, if you just WALKED OUT AFTER THAT ONE LUCKY BUCK BET the odds said you were likely to be a winner. I used all the coupons and on average I won $14.00... Then I went outside and Did something else with my time... take a walk in the woods, go swimming, see a movie, eat lunch (paid for by the Casino) or dance to the House Band... All of those Casinos had "Classic Rock" Bands that played for free in the Lounge... I usually bought a drink and relaxed... 


The Safeway store was within walking distance of Dad's Cabin and I remember shoplifting a Pint of Brandy in the middle of the night. Often... At 3 AM there were only two clerks and they were busy stocking the shelves. So I just walked in and put a bottle in my pocket and walked out. They never even noticed I was there... or if they did, they ignored me. Once, when I wanted to buy food, I had to shout loudly to get their attention so they could take my money at the checkout counter...


My Family came up one time and they determined that I should go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. My Sister in Law Patti and I went to a tiny room behind a  Realtors Office that was very secluded and elegant... a truly wonderful location... I attended one meeting, determined that it was not for me and didn't go back until years later... BUT... Since I Had Gone Once, I knew where to go when I decided to stop drinking... Years later I returned to that Tahoe Meeting after I was Sober and had a few months in the program but it was closed at the time I went... so I distributed a handful of coins all over the dirt floor in front of the Hall, wrote a Thank You Note and Left... Frankly speaking, the First 12 Steps in the AA program make no sense to me but THE 13TH STEP got my attention. It is an unwritten step that says... If you don't drink you get to have sex with the other members. As with any organization of Adults, there is an unstoppable urge to merge. This Particular Organization recommends that members DO NOT have sex with each other because some members might take advantage of new members who are confused and in a delicate state of mind. However, a Million years of biology is... something that just happens... I grasped the concept that I had to make a choice between drinking and sex and... I Married a member and we stayed married for 17 years. NOT an unusual story.


I really enjoyed riding the bus around Northshore Lake Tahoe. There was no public transportation to Southshore so I never went there... Except, on time I rode the Greyhound to Southshore accidentally and had to hire a TAXI to get to Northshore. VERY EXPENSIVE... The correct way to get to Northshore is to ride the Greyhound to Truckee and take a local bus to Tahoe City.


One time I was staying at the Cabin and the whole family went cross country skiing. That is a LOT of fun because it's just lie taking a walk in the woods except you can travel twice as far. Then you are going uphill, it takes as much effort as walking but when you are going downhill it takes ZERO effort. WHEE... I did not like downhill skiing because it is too dangerous and you go too fast... So I went ONCE at Mount Rose and then went to the Bar. Where I taught a German Man to sing the Song "Hound Dog Blues" by Hank Williams... ( also a hit song for George Thorogood.)


Another time we all went to a Musical Performance at Truckee High School. "Once Upon a Mattress" - pretty good fun!


Another time I was trying to get to Sparks Nevada and I stopped in Truckee to get gas for the Van. It was Very expensive and I filled the Tank for over $100... It was Friday night and the Town was Exploding with Drunk People and Live Rock Music in the Bars...  I had quit drinking by that time and so I felt uncomfortable being in that scene...


Another time I was trying to attend the BURNING MAN Festival near Reno and I was riding the Greyhound. So I went to an AA meeting in Reno in hopes of getting a ride from one of the members... I announce my desire during the meeting and EVERY PERSON recommended I not Go. They DID recommend  hat I go to an AA Convention at the Nugget in Sparks. So I rode the city bus to that hotel and had a great time. There was a rib cooking contest in front of the hotel with a LIVE BAND playing Janis Joplin and Grateful Dead songs. I went up after the show and asked where they were playing next and the said Hyatt Tahoe Incline. So I rode the bus there and saw them again at the casino. The stage overlooked the Craps and Blackjack tables... I really like Blackjack because if you play wisely, the odds are about even... That was a great band...

112 Degrees Temperature Predicted for Sacramento, California Next Week. Maybe Global Warming is NOT A HOAX! I've Never Seen That Number... DANGEROUS.

 I Lived in Chico, CA for Seven Years... 
where you have to find a place that's cool in the afternoon or suffer heat stroke... 
swim or go to the library...
Make a Defense Plan Every Single Day
In the Summer...


Bear Hole in Upper Bidwell Park - Chico Creek California - gvan42

The Police Ought To Stop Murdering Unarmed Black Men. It Cost the City of Sacramento $2.4 Million Dollars for Stephon Clark. HEY PORKERS, STOP DOING THAT!

The city of Sacramento, California, will pay $2.4 million to the children of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man whose killing by police last year led to a week of protests after prosecutors declined to press charges.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/stephon-clark-s-children-split-2-4-million-settlement-n1064461

Video shows Minneapolis cop with knee on neck of motionless, moaning man who later died.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-police-george-floyd-died-officer-kneeling-neck-arrest/



Does Murdering Unarmed Black Men 
Really Make America Great Again? 


Police Cars at Tree Sit in Freshwater, California - gvan42 purple64ets Gregory Vanderlaan
Police Cars at Tree Sit in Freshwater, California
(Near Eureka)
a Bizarre Example of Police
Going Nuts in Service of their
Corporate Masters...
MAXXAM SUXX
(Formerly Pacific Lumber)

Pictures of My Home in Orangevale, CA - The Cactus Plant with White Flowers, Trees, Clouds, The Garden, and the Farm Next Door.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
 Cactus With White Flowers.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
 Another View of the Cactus With White Flowers.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
MY Tree in Winter.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
MY Tree in Summer.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
The Vegetable Garden - Fallow During the Winter.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
The Farm Next Door... 
a Field that attracts Geese.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
A Cloudy Day

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Palm Trees and The Sun

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
My Bench in the Sunshine...
I sit here a Lot and Absorb Vitamin D.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Grape Plants Up Close...

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Grape Vines Climbing UP a Tree.

Photo of Orangevale California Trees, Cactus and the Farm Next Door. by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Vineyard Goes Back to Nature.
Notice the Tall Onion Plants.




SONG: I Like Trees, Big Old Trees by Gregory Vanderlaan

[Chorus] I Like Trees, Big Old Trees [G, A]
They seem like members of my family. [D, G] [Repeat]

Years Ago, When I Lived in Eureka, California. [G, A]
I Sat on a Tree in the Back Yard. almost Every Day... [D, G]

It was Just a Log... But It was MY Log... [G, A]
I sat there and Smoked Tobacco... almost Every Day... [D, G]

Like the Native Americans,  I Have Always Smoked the Holy Places. [G, A]
To Celebrate their Eternal Wisdom... [D,  G]

[CHORUS #2] It was MY Tree... It was MY Tree... [G, A]
Not because I Bought the Land...  But Because I sat on it...  [Repeat] [D, G]

Of Course, I Had to Share My Tree with Meadow the Cat. [G, A]
She Like that Tree TOO... It was OUR Tree... [D, G]

In the Redwood Forest... of Eureka, California [G, A]
I always found time for a smoke... Even When it was Raining... [D, G] 
[Repeat Chorus #2]



Alternatives to LAWNS: Clover... or Decorative rock and cactus gardens that don't use any water. Southern California is a dry climate. Why import water from the North?

http://cloverlawn.org/

clover as an eco-friendly lawn alternative


There is a plan to build tunnels to transport fresh water from the Sacramento River Delta area to Los Angeles. It will cost billions of dollars and will permanently change the ecology of the River killing off the Salmon. A simpler plan would be to reduce the DEMAND for water. Make LAWNS unpopular with homeowners in SoCal. Why fight nature?


Read about the Delta Tunnel Plan here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Water_Fix_and_Eco_Restore

Check out these beautiful designs...

Lawn Alternative - photos - save water by Planting Native Plants

I remember that instead of Having a Lawn in Front of Our House, Dad Planted Vinca Minor. That way we did not have to MOW THE FREAKING LAWN... That's a Task that steals precious Time from the Weekend... Smart Move! It also was a Home for Tarantula Spiders... I Never Got Bit... and I Thought They were Really Beautiful... and... I learned to Play THAT SONG on the Piano... a Classic Beginner Lesson... and a MUCH SIMPLIFIED VERSION! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTa_FTmXTo

Lawn Alternative - photos - save water by Planting Native Plants

Lawn Alternative - photos - save water by Planting Native Plants

Lawn Alternative - photos - save water by Planting Native Plants

Lawn Alternative - photos - save water by Planting Native Plants

Of COURSE, We Could Simply Desalinate Seawater Using SOLAR ENERGY... 

Generate Electricity and Clean Drinking Water AT THE SAME TIME. A Solar Powered Desalinization Plant Would Convert Seawater into Energy, Pure H2O and NaCl.

 https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/lets-build-solar-powered-desalinization.html

I'm really getting into NOTICING REALITY... On My Morning Walk Today I went Downstream Past the Vineyards... Observations on 5/1/2020

The Grape Vines have Sprouted with Incredibly Tiny Grapes... each one is about a Twentieth of an Inch in Diameter... Bright Green... and Since I am the only person that walks this Path... It has become overgrown with weeds... Some are Over Six Feet Tall! It has Been a Week since I Have gone in this direction and... The Vegetable Garden is returning to Nature... The Former Landlord had a Hobby of Growing Onions and Squash but now... it looks like a Post Apocalypse Science Fiction Movie... I also noticed two Cats... Since No People Have walked that path, the Cats Like it... also at the Bench at the End of the Path is in a Shady Spot! I used to enjoy Sunbathing on that Bench but NOW... The Sun Has MOVED due to the Seasons... and It's Behind a Tall Tree... Today there were very few Geese in the Field Next door... Sometimes I Have Seen a Dozen... But NOT TODAY...
Photo of My Creek in Orangevale, CA - Near Sacramento
This is what the Creek Path Looked Like
a Couple of Months Ago...
Now it is Overgrown With Weeds...
NO PATH EXISTS!
But Since I Know Where I'm Going I Just
FORGE A TRAIL!

Hello World! Come Visit Beautiful California. Not only do we have Yosemite, The Beach and Redwoods but... We Have LEGAL Marijuana!

Imagine Mountain Climbing totally Baked! Smoking and Dancing in HOLLYWEED. Surfing and admiring the California Girls... or California Boys! 

Forget taking a vacation to lovely Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria or Iraq... Just Change your plans because we have it all right here. 

What does Mecca have that compares to the Whiskey A Go Go? Nothing! Why not try Inner Tubing down Butte Creek or the Sacramento River... better eat your cookies first because Cannabis Buds are likely to Get Wet.

Remember, fly fishing for Salmon in the Klamath River is unsurpassed worldwide... White Water Rafting on the Trinity? That's a lot more fun than riding a Camel in the 120 Degree Desert... But, just to be clear... we have Deserts Too! Death Valley and The Mohave where you can rent a dune buggy.





Marijuana Support Grows: Two Out Of Three Americans Back Legalization, Gallup Poll Says in 2019 - Tax it. Regulate It. Use the Money to Fund Treatment for Opioid Addicts Instead of FOR PROFIT PRISONS...

The latest finding, from the recently released General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago, shows that 61 percent of people supported marijuana legalization in 2018. That’s up from 57 percent in 2016 and 31 percent in 2000 — a rapid shift in public opinion in less than two decades.
The other two big national surveys on the topic have found similar results. Gallup put support for marijuana legalization at 66 percent in 2018, up from from 60 percent in 2016 and 31 percent in 2000. Pew put it at 62 percent in 2018, up from 57 percent in 2016 and 31 percent in 2000.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/10/22/marijuana-support-grows-two-out-of-three-americans-back-legalization-gallup-says/#1b69b3f1238b
The new survey released on Monday shows that U.S. adults back ending cannabis prohibition by a supermajority margin of 66 percent to 32 percent. That's more than a two-to-one ratio.

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Marijuana Leaf - FREE coloring book ART
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FREE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS Free Coloring Book by Greg Vanderlaan
FREE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS
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420 - Cannabis Leaf

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Dancing Text Art Man 
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Free All Cannabis Prisoners
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Free Coloring Book Art
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When you make a Missteak Do not Repeet the Airror

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Taxation without representation right now in the USA 
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Ezekiel's Wheel - a UFO in the Bible
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Magic Bus Three Way
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Green New Deal Free Coloring Book ART
Who could Possibly be in Favor of keeping Cannabis Illegal? Corporations that are in the business of incarceration.
legalize Cannabis

Law Enforcement makes money by arresting people, then warehousing them in jail. While ACTUAL crime is on the wane, cannabis arrests are easy and low risk. REAL criminals are often dangerous. Cannabis Criminals are Often Stoned... and easygoing...

and... all these people depend on Prohibition for their Paycheck...

Judges, lawyers, police, bail bondsmen, prison guards, construction workers that build prisons, social workers that talk to the families left behind, involuntary rehab clinics, fertilizer salesman, grow-light salesman, realtors that rent abandoned houses to be used as farms... There is a huge industry that will have sales reduced if Marijuana is legalized...

also...

Criminals depend on Marijuana being Illegal to Protect their Profits. With Legal Marijuana, the Mexican Mafia would be in deep trouble... Are they bribing Senators and Congressmen? We do not know because that money is in cash and not traceable...

WHAT CAN ONE PERSON DO TO HELP LEGALIZE CANNABIS?

Write a BLOG explaining the Case for Legalization... Post on Facebook... 

US Senate

US House of Representatives

legalize marijuana
The US Government says Heroin is as Safe as Marijuana. 
That's a Lie. Both are Classified Schedule One... What are the Motives behind this Absurdity? Who Benefits?
legalize marijuana


Also... Corporations that make products that compete with hemp. Let's suppose the corporation makes paper, rope, cloth or medicine... Those businesses would lose sales to hemp. Who makes these products? The Koch Brothers. Paper Towels... Oil... Polymers...  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Industries

and who makes Nylon Rope? Dupont.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont

and who makes Cotton Clothes? www.cottoninc.com/ and www.uscotton.com/ if farmers made cloth from hemp... the cotton business would have increased competition...

and... Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporations. Imagine if a patient grew their own medicine? No profit for the pill makers... Some medicines are extremely addictive and dangerous to the health of the patients... All the makers of opium based medicines would face increased competition from the medical marijuana industry.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pharmaceutical_companies

and... Recreational Drug Manufacturers... Beer, Wine and Whiskey... If there was FREEDOM OF CHOICE, many people would leave the booze on the shelf. No Cirrhosis, No Hangovers, No Traffic Fatalities...

and... The DEA seizes property...

and... The ATF sells guns to Mexican Drug Gangs. Operation Fast and Furious... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal

That's who is in favor of keeping Cannabis Illegal. Follow the Money...
Follow the Money.
Please Pirate these images, words and concepts
and build your own blog.
If we Legalized Marijuana we could save over a HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR in California alone. Refund this wasted money to the taxpayers.
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Legalize the Kind Herb. It is IMMORAL 
to put people in cages for a plant.

There ARE people that care about popularity of ideas. For Example: Politicians. They take the zeitgeist of the voters and craft their campaigns to echo what they hear. I believe the millions of Facebook posts promoting Legalization of Marijuana have an effect on laws. Keep on posting and emailing congress... Their jobs depend on voting for what is popular. Not all are paid puppets of the super rich.


http://www.zazzle.com/gregvan/leaf?q=leaf
click on above link to visit my webstore on zazzle
to buy "Green Leaf" gifts... 

political satire
Feel Free to Pirate Any of these Images... copy, paste, like or share...
It's Essential the We Do Not Elect Another Bush President.
The Last Two were Disasters... 


and now... Psychedelic Art...
psychedelic art
Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics
and remember... after we legalize marijuana worldwide... the next step on the path to global awakening is to legalize medicinal psychedelics... maybe Doctors and Patients ought to have the freedom to choose what is the best medicine...
psychedelic art
Moonrise over the Misty Mountains

Full Moon at Dawn by Gregory Vanderlaan photoshop layer styled



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*Add THIS to Your Bucket List: Swimming at Bear Hole in Upper Bidwell Park, Chico California. Crystallized Black Lava Rocks - Basalt from the Eruption of Mount Lassen.

*Numbers have Cultural Meanings... A list from Zero to Infinity and Beyond... For example: 007 Means James Bond. 420 Means Marijuana. 5150 means Insane... and... 420 + 5150 = REEFER MADNESS!

*"Conspiracy Theories" that are ACTUALLY TRUE. MKULTRA, Cointelpro, CIA-Contra-Cocaine, Donald Rumsfeld Selling Weapons to Saddam Hussein, UFOs are Real... Sometimes people dismiss Truth as "Just a Conspiracy Theory" because they Don't LIKE THE TRUTH.

1967: The Summer of Love... San Francisco, Hippies, Flower Power, Peace, The Diggers, Haight Ashbury, LSD and the Grateful Dead. It certainly has been a Long Strange Trip. Congratulations to all those of us who have survived... One thing is for certain...The culture of the United States was radically different After the 1960's...



*American History: "The Thunder Machine" was a Giant Sheet Metal Sculpture that you Got Inside and Played like a Drum. Made by Ron Boise and used at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests.

For Maximum Effect, Don't Read This Book. Write Your Own! --- "Lessons Learned" by Gregory Vanderlaan. A Lifetime of Trial, Error and Survival Yielded These Words of Wisdom...

My Biff Rose Trip: Driving To a Cabin in the Woods - down The Coast of California from Arcata thru Ft Bragg to Mendocino... An Excellent Adventure!

How To Remove Smoke from Indoor Air. Tape a Filter to a Box Fan. During Wildfire Season the Air Indoors is Bad to Breathe...


Pretty Soon the Filter Turns Brown
from Smoke, Pollen and Dust.

Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote) Then He went to India Looking for Enlightenment and Met a Guru. Changed His Name and Published a Great Book... "Remember: Be Here Now" - It Has His Autobiography and then Many ART Drawings Explaining Eastern Religion. Real Name: Dr. Richard Alpert...


Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote)


My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
Peace Sign Pie Chart
History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

Military Death Chart USA

AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics