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Melissa Mendonca

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San Francisco’s Green Festival Inspires, Motivates

Posted on December 18, 2009 by ...

There is a certain amount of irony in attending the San Francisco Green Festival. First, I drive a little over three hours to get there. Second, I collect a lot of stuff. But my car is fuel efficient and the… Continue Reading →

Village Voices fair trade, green festival, local economics, Melissa Mendonca, Northern California, Red Bluff CA, Redding CA, san francisco, Shasta County
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Blue Cornbread

Posted on November 23, 2009 by ...

Here’s a favorite recipe I made for my mentors at a gratitude dinner I held a few years ago. They loved it so much they wanted the recipe. It’s perfect for Thanksgiving. Continue Reading →

Food Melissa Mendonca, Red Bluff CA, Redding CA
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Saving Mothers and Babies in Nairobi

Posted on October 30, 2009 by ...

She was 17 when she walked into the WEEP Center with her two small children. Two weeks later, when I was visiting, they said she was looking so much better. Better, I thought? The rail-thin girl with the haunted eyes… Continue Reading →

Village Voices Kenya, Melissa Mendonca, Nairobi
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Ethiopian Sex Workers ‘Wise Up’

Posted on October 15, 2009 by ...

Timret le Hiwot in Ethiopia – Part 3 Political correctness has never been much of a bother for me. If there’s a kinder, more respectful way to speak, I’m generally happy to find it. And if ever a word needed a… Continue Reading →

Lead Story Ethiopia, Melissa Mendonca
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Ethiopia Part 2 – Ethiopian Food

Posted on October 1, 2009 by ...

If you arrived at this column thinking, “I didn’t think Ethiopia had any food” you’re not alone. One of the most persistent images Americans have of Ethiopia is of starving naked masses with bellies distended from kwashiorkor. We watched these… Continue Reading →

Village Voices Ethiopia, Melissa Mendonca
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Ethiopia: Part 1

Posted on September 17, 2009 by ...

Last November, as I filled out an application for a Rotary Group Study Exchange trip to Ethiopia and Kenya, I was thrilled to learn that  Rotary International President, DK Lee, had chosen Make Dreams Real as the theme of his… Continue Reading →

Travel, Village Voices Ethiopia, Kenya, Melissa Mendonca, Rotary

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Clark’s Grebe – Tulelake NWR

Posted: October 31, 2026 at 4:47 pm

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  • Comment on 2 fabulous fall desserts: Invisible apple cake, Swedish apple pie – Similar, but different by Beverly Stafford
    Back in the '50's, my Mother came upon a recipe for Paper Sack Apple Pie. Once I left home and started baking, it has been my one and only pie recipe. Got a blue ribbon at the fair when I entered it.
  • Comment on Tuggle Tales: Middletown — Shasta County’s forgotten Gold Rush town by Stacey Linyerd
    Man that cemetery needs some tender, loving, care! So over grown!
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    I’m hoping for a follow up too!
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