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This month at Inzane

Alejandra Koss
Pop, Reggae, Flamenco
Saturday 1/11 7-9 pm

Line Dancing: Sundays 3-8 pm
Trivia Night: Tuesdays 7-9 pm
Open Mic: Wednesdays 7-9 pm
Bingo: Thursdays 7-9 pm
Comedy Night: Fridays 7-9 pm

236 Main Street, Vista



Outside Movie Night
presents Secondhand Lions
March 2nd at the American Legion
1234 S. Santa Fe Ave. in Vista



This month at The Film Hub

1/28   Noon – 2 pm   $10
Mastermind Meeting
for business owners
Meeting Room 2
Jeff Fox



1/8/2025
Los Angeles-area wildfires
Updates from Jan. 8, 2025
The Associated Press

Related:
WFCA Fire Map

photo essay
Los Angeles fires: the damage in maps, video and images
Wildfire: Surreal Photos of Los Angeles in Ashes

10/10/2025
In the above pictures and videos, what is striking is the presence of trees and even palms with their leaves, right next to completely destroyed buildings or melted cars. Is that normal? Why wasn’t the vegetation disintegrated too?

More on the topic of fire here and here.



12/27/2024
From Hollywood’s Spotlight to Vista’s Heart
The Remarkable Legacy of
Margarita Fischer Pollard

TIMES of SAN DIEGO

1/5/2025
The above article features a 2014 video with tour and history of Rancho Buena Vista Adobe… which was the home of the Pollards. Rancho Buena is across the street from Vista Civic Center. It hosts weddings & private parties and school field trips.





10/29/2013
Pause, reflect and give thanks
The power of gratitude during the holidays
UCLA Newsroom



Louie Schwartzberg video
with time lapse photography
Nature. Beauty.
Gratitude


TedX CLE

Related:
Moving Art   (Schwartzberg)
The Connection Between Nature and Gratitude



“The root of joy is gratefulness…
It is not joy that makes us grateful;
it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”

Brother David Steindl-Rast

goodreads



Everyday Gratitude
Inspiration for Living Life as a Gift
by A Network for Grateful Living, 2018


11/19/2010
Benefits of Gratitude
Robert Emmons shares the results of his research on gratitude: better health, more happiness, and stronger connections to others.

“There’s one study that found that blood pressure was substantially lower when people were keeping a gratitude journal… and reduced hostility, which we know is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease…

6th and 7th graders… their grade point average increased… when they were gratitude journaling.”

Robert Emmons, Ph.D.
@8:34 @9:42

Greater Good Science Center
UC Berkeley

Related:
Oprah’s Gratitude Journal
Oprah Reads Entries from Her First Gratitude Journal



Stress-related health problems are responsible for up to 80% of visits to the doctor and account for the third highest health care expenditures, behind only heart disease and cancer. But as few as 3% of doctors actually talk to patients about how to reduce stress.”

Marlynn Wei, MD, JD
Contributing Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
Harvard Medical School




The Thank-You Project
Cultivating Happiness
One Letter of Gratitude at a Time

by Nancy Davis Kho, 2019
goodreads

8/8/2023
Goodreads has a list of book sellers & libraries that may carry this book… and it also may be available on eBay.

12/31/2024
I wrote one thank you letter in 2024. Just one. And it absolutely reverberated throughout my life in a fabulously good way. It rocked my world. I need to do more of these gratitude letters. 🙂

That’s my resolution for New Year 2025.