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Docent training

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I have always wanted to be a tour guide. Once I had dreamed of doing it at a winery. Now I’m getting the opportunity to do it at a local historical building–Kearney Mansion.

This house was built as the farm manager’s home and Mr. Kearney stayed here while working on his estate farm of 5,000 acres, mostly grape vineyards that turned the grapes into raisins. M. Theo Kearney was known as the raisin king.

I will be giving three school tours on Tuesdays in May. Not quite a winery, but still involving vines!

Parking privilege

This kind of sign annoys me:

This one is at a local nonprofit. Right next to the building. Close to the door. Everyone who parks in the lot has to walk by the car. And the sign.