My guest on Coastal Airwaves Thursday JULY 16TH, 4 pm is Erma Murphy. She started out in the music arts scene in 2000 in Mill Valley hosting First Friday jams at her home. She and her partner Daniel Patrick operated Murphy Productions and Publicity from 2004 to 2014 booking the listing room at the Old Larkspur Café theatre and dance shows around the bay area. publicizing cool arts organizations such as the Mill Valley Fall Arts festival and Marin Open studios. Her experience in publicity and booking helps in her current position as Now as Executive Director of O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley she happily serves the artist members and patrons brilliantly at this almost 60-year old nonprofit in Cascade Canyon. She is also a great dancer and music lover and friend. KWMR 90.5, 89.9, and 72.3 Streaming on KWMR.org Always on the third Thursday at 4 o’clock. I will be conversing with people that love what they do and that interest me.
My son just bought a house in Venice Beach in a really good area a block away from Abbot Kenny Street. He surfs every day almost at 5 o’clock in the morning anyway it’s quite a scene and he become quite the party person and he made a party for my being there and it was really a lovely event I had a great trip it was full of crazy fun and just family and my stepson showed up too so it was really fun. At Jimmys Restaurant Big Sur Grill wood fired Grill in Santa Monice. oh fun and great and it was wonderful food and just a great group of people to have dinner with. All Merlins friends were huggy huggy me cause I made him.
Merlin drove up here to get this piece of wood across the front of his entryway from the Bolinas water that he loved to surf so much
Small World OK why do I have a cast for my little finger and my ring finger you ask or you don’t know. I went to get coffee at Tobys before I did the first workshop for West Marin Senior Services. I took the paper coffee cup started walking towards the chair and realized that the paper on the cup was like card stock paper with nothing to hold it together and it was squeezing up and I was afraid it was gonna get on me or people that were around me so I went towards an open place, leaned down so it wouldn’t go up on me and I leaned over and fell on my pinky & ring finger. Angel man named Michael grab me around my waist and prevented me from the face plant. I went and did the class standing up to ours and drawing examples then I spent a bunch of time trying to get appointments at Kaiser which was under staffed etc.anyway days later I finally just went to the ER and amazing who is there but Dr. Toby Saltz he set up Vickisa I thought it was you and he tell me all about his family etc. it turns out he grew up in Bolinas and I knew him. he was so great sent me to the cast person who said I think I know you, I was in the western weekend parade with the dancing group I said I was with KWMR I had the big Radio and I have a Lotta pictures of your group because we finished before you and she ended up taking all the pictures off my phone and it was just amazing What are the chances of that. Well kind people it lifted me up (considering.) Quite a story
Gallery Route One Annual Members Exhibition, Opening July 11, 2026 with 3-5 Opening Reception for the Annual Members’ Exhibition Reception starts at 3:00 PM treats to eat by me.Music performance by Brian Foster (guitar, mandolin, harmonica)
Pages from my Book made in New Orleans.
The BOX SHOW Opening August 29,-Sept.26 the original BOX show not to be missed, More info https://galleryrouteone.org/boxshow/
My 8” Giclee framed print of Wavy Gravy and Groovy Judy’s bird is on sale at Gallery Route One all $ going to Camp Winnarainbow
I saw on TV how Artist of all kinds outlive other people. How about that?
Wavy just turned 90 with lots of celebration. Bully went and got at the kind of food that I like dim sum and stuff and brought it in he enjoyed it too.
I attended the Western weekend parade in Point Reyes Station I loved it so much. Horses, riders, dancers, musicians, all ages, all representing including KWMR where I was marching with the giant radio that Zim Caroselli and I made years ago. I was carrying its glittered up.
On Friday, July 31, Dark Star Orchestra invites Melvin Seals & JGB to open the show as special guests. Melvin Seals performed alongside Garcia for more than 15 years, helping define the soulful, gospel-infused sound that became a hallmark of JGB. The band will also be joined by the highly acclaimed Jazz Mafia Horn Section, featuring Mike Olmos on trumpet, Tommy Occhiuto on saxophone, and Adam Theis on trombone. Having played with many Grateful Dead-adjacent musicians, the Jazz Mafia is a great addition to pump up the funk that Jerry loved.
On Saturday, August 1, Dark Star Orchestra, well known for their show recreations, will perform a show from Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, on August 1, 1973 (the first of three times the Grateful Dead performed on Jerry’s birthday). Peter Rowan with the Sam Grisman Project will open the show. Peter was a founding member of the seminal bluegrass collective “Old and In the Way,” alongside Jerry Garcia. The Sam Grisman Project, led by the son of legendary mandolinist David Grisman, continues their tradition by celebrating the timeless sound. We look forward to an incredible weekend at the Greek in appreciation of Bob and all he shared with us, celebrating our community, the music that brings us together, and the spirit of generosity that shows up whenever we gather!
Well before teaching my class Self reflective portrait in Frida Kahlo style on June 1. I wanted to get a cup of coffee and went to Tobys and got the cup of coffee and the cup was just paper and nothing holding it together so it started squishing up in my hand I went to get rid of it but they were people around me so I walked forward bent down and tried to throw it out because it would’ve been hot water all over my white blouse and me anyway I slipped and fell on my pinky and my ring finger but not on the rest of me because there was this lovely guy name Michael who grabbed me by my waist and stop me from a face plant. lucky they say.It was really difficult to get a Kaiser appointment with the doctor just to Get to a specialist but I got one on the phone never with a DR after I told him I saw all these medical people that I know he get me some x-rays.
Then I got the information that wasn’t real helpful it was either arthritis or an injury as one of my students was a retired hand specialist amazing. After this and trying and trying I finally ended up at the emergency room.
So I go to the ER to get it to happen without driving into San Francisco which is the only appointment I could get from Kaiser but I knew if I had to drive back and had a cast which I suspected I would have it would be really murder anyway I go to the ER and the doctor there is a kid I knew in Bolinas growing up and he said Vickisa I thought it was you. well what a helpful person it was great to see Dr.Toby Saltz and how he developed and looks so fine.Moments of Happiness.
On to the Doctor Who immediately sent me to the cast maker and she happened to have been in the Western weekend parade which I also was in for KWMR. What are the chances of that? it lifted me up (considering.)
WILD STUFF
A sea otter actually walked across the street in front of my house from I guess the Bolinas Lagoon it was amazing. I was yelling at it and it was running past me and ran to my door and under a little table that was outside. I mean it was like 3 feet away from me. I didn’t eat my fish or mess with the cat I think it was scared when I got home from where I had to leave too it was gone. Rid of him. Recently there were three young skunk that showed up a couple of days but I yelled so hard and chased them
JULY 4th Bolinas Parade I got a giant one from the Coast café hanging at the ice cream spot. HAHA. There was some great food out there too.
The KWMR radio and me at Western Week parade
September 26, 2026 Slide Ranch is Celebrating all slide A farm to belly Supper their annual fundraiser for fall enjoy a beautifully crafted meal featuring local producers a silent auction great company and the beauty of the coast the evening will honor the magic of Slide Ranch and the meaning and impact of their mission.
SF FIRE CREDIT UNION Free checking – no hidden fees, no minimums, Free ATM access nationwide,,Top-rated mobile app, Better deposit protection through ASI insurance , Firefighter-founded credit union that’s served the Bay for 75 years and You do not have to be Fire person any one can join. They were voted best and answer the phone. I really like using them and saw that if I refer a friend the friend gets $150 for joining and I get 100 for me and I can use it so let’s go just call me. I can’t believe I put this in.
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