Posts Tagged ‘Teacher’
Arann Harris
All I want to do is make my own music.
Something new but familiar, songs that feel as if you have known them
all your life but at the same time shake up the listener and make them feel.
Music that tastes and feels like it came from Petaluma.
I like the term Roots music, grounded in the past but
growing in our own direction.
Tradition country folk music is were we come from but this band,
our music is in the mist of a changing landscape, from dairies
to hatcheries to wineries.
My hope is to capture this feeling of change,
evolving land and evolving sounds.
Not to much country and not to much city.
Anna & Byle
Petaluma reminds us of the movie Joe Dirt.
It’s our Silvertown.
We love that the every morning smells like manure and money.
We both work a lot.
We play a lot in between.
We stay up way too late, and take really long naps during
the hottest and most boring hours of the day.
We fish more than most people do in a lifetime, drink cheep beer,
and kiss my little brothers dog when we have 15 minutes to kill.
We met in line at a coffee cart four years ago, and have been together ever since.
It was absolute love at first sight. Byle got my number, called me up one night,
and invited me on a date to the car races.
He was a train hopper before i met him.
I paint a lot, and he builds all kinds of shit.
We mix our lives together well.
We were both jaded before we met each other,
both ready for something and nothing at the same time.
My family adores him, and we adore each other.
Petaluma used to be amazing. It was wide open and beautiful.
Nobody cared what your yard looked like, and you would never get the cops
called on you for sleeping in your car for an hour or a year.
Trains ran through town, and there was never traffic.
The river wasn’t lined with lofts. At least that smelly thing can never be
replaced with a historical plaque next to a no loitering/skateboarding
sign stuck to a boutique.
We still love it here, and nothing ever stays the same,
but Petaluma needs a rehabilitation break.
Michael “BUG” Deakin
Petaluma has such a significant and accessible geographical location in the bay area, with an excellent combination of urban and ag, and an intriguing blend of the arts, sustainable intent and community outreach!
Michael “Bug” Deakin, a British Columbia native, built his first home out of reclaimed materials in 1970, and that was just the beginning. Along the way he has planted trees, designed, built and remodeled custom homes, boats, movie sets, rock walls, gardens, parade floats, tree forts, dog houses, ship models, furniture and a splendiferous array of art forms from repurposed materials.
As a member of Ivy Deakin’s story telling family of 10 children, everything was re-used and recycled, especially all the great stories. Bug takes to heart the story and origin of the buildings, people and materials that make their way in and out of the Petaluma yard. With relentless focus on sustainable enthusiasm and talking story, Heritage Salvage has become a center of creativity and sustainability.
As he waltzed his way through years of planetary wanders and events of wonder, he learned from many teachers and was affected by design without limits. From an Amazon Tree house to a Japanese Teahouse, a Balinese Birdhouse, a Driftwood Palace and the pleasing decay of a Western Barn, every nuance notched its niche.
Bug’s passion is the art and reward of re-purposing, re-using, and recycling as a part of a sustainable way of life. Teaching others to see the beauty in what is here, sharing treasures and stories of the past, and sharing the joy of turning old, sometimes falling down, structures into beautiful new things fuels each day.
Just as in the Deakin family, there is always enough to share, and Heritage Salvage goes out of it’s way to help those that need it and those that help others.
Michael Bug has a sprawling enthusiastic family in British Columbia, including a fabulous Daughter Suzy and two grandsons in Salmo!
Maria do Céu’s
Maria was born on the island of San Miguel in the Azores, which is part of Portugal. She moved to the U.S. with her family when she was 8 years old, and grew up in Benicia. After high school, Maria entered an apprenticeship in auto repair and worked as a mechanic for 15 years before opening her own shop in Oakland. She moved to Petaluma in 1995, opening Out West Garage, and the rest, as they say, is her story.
