- A-peel: Altadenan food and gardening writer Emily Green recently put up her tent to sell citrus fruit at the Altadena Farmer's Market, and tells her tale at the LA Weekly (spoiler: bourbon makes everything go better).
- Owen Brown's body: We look forward to Owen Brown's marker eventually returning to its rightful place at Little Round Top, but did you know there's been some talk about moving Owen himself? The John Brown Farm in Elba, NY, was trying to drum up support for returning Owen to his ancestral place, especially since the marker was gone and the property owner has been unsupportive, and Owen died without heirs. His 3x grandniece Alice Keesey Mecoy, an historian of the family, makes the case for keeping Owen where he is.
- Equality: August 26 is Women's Equality Day, commemorating the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Make sure you exercise that in November!
