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    • Alan Gilliam
    • Alexa Gerrity
    • Amanda Colon Rogers
    • Amber Lennon
    • Amun Levy
    • Angela May
    • Barbara Muska
    • Becca Fuchs
    • BoKU
    • Brenton Butler
    • Brian Berman
    • Brian Lisus
    • Brian Ziegler
    • Camp Ramah
    • Carlos Grasso
    • Carlotta Mastrojanni
    • Carolyn Cricca
    • Carolyn Vondriska
    • Cassidy Linder
    • Charlie Whitman
    • Chris Newell
    • Christie Rice
    • Christina Fortney
    • Christopher King
    • Claudia Figueiredo
    • Clay White
    • Conrad Reeder
    • Crow Lauren
    • Dan Lang
    • Daren Magee
    • Darrel Wilson
    • Dave May
    • David Baker
    • David Taylor
    • Dawn & Dana Ceniceros
    • Debi Otto
    • Deborah Lyon
    • Deva Temple
    • Didde Heidler Chastain
    • Domonic Dean Breaux
    • Duane Eells
    • Dylan Dawes
    • Ecotopia
    • Elaine Unzicker
    • Elizabeth Rose
    • Ellyn Jarvis
    • Emily Burger
    • Emily Florence
    • Emily Vedder
    • Erik Wilde
    • Erin Parker
    • Esther Van Der Werf
    • Evergreen Wellness
    • Friend's Ranches
    • Food Harmonics
    • Fly-Hope-Dream
    • Gail Mortensen
    • Garth Rose
    • Gary Morales
    • Gayel Childress
    • Grant Fortney
    • Greater Goods
    • Hannah Atkinson
    • Harriette Jump
    • Harvey Rawn
    • Heather and Bob Sanders
    • Help of Ojai
    • Humane Society of Ventura County, Ojai
    • Irasha Pearl Talifero
    • Jack Nesbit
    • James Bryan Davis
    • Jasmine Williams
    • Jeff D. Muth
    • Jeffrey Stuteville
    • Jessica Altman-Pollack
    • John Brooks
    • Johnny Ortez-Tibbels
    • Jose pulido III
    • Judy Gabriel
    • Julia Thomsen
    • Julie Tumamait-Stenslie
    • Karal Gregory
    • Karen McMahon
    • Karina Aroha
    • Kate Mack
    • Kate Pond
    • Kathleen Collins
    • Katrina MacLachlan
    • Kelly Fenton
    • Kent Butler
    • Kiera Van Gelder
    • Kris Humphries
    • Kristen Finch
    • Lee Ann Manley
    • Leighanne O'Brien
    • Leisa Fusco-Foster
    • Les Dublin
    • Leslie Ferraro
    • Lisa Isbell
    • Lori Hansen
    • Love Heals
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    • Mallory Murphy
    • Marc Whitman
    • Mark Anthony
    • Martha Moran
    • Mary Neville
    • Meditation Mount
    • Michael Gabriel
    • Michael Wood
    • MiMi Alain
    • Nadia Natali
    • Nancy Gross
    • Nathan Wickstrum
    • Nicholas Franklin
    • Nora Herold
    • Norman Clayton
    • NoSo
    • Ojai Beverage Company
    • Ojai Digital
    • Ojai Foundation
    • Ojai Print Works
    • Ojai Raptor Center
    • Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
    • Ojai Valley Museum
    • Ojai Vineyard
    • Oliver Newell, "Oliwa"
    • Pamela Luna
    • Paul Michael Taylor
    • Paulette Mahurin
    • Perry Van Houten
    • Peter Stuart
    • Point de Chêne
    • Rainbow Bridge Market
    • Rancho Grande
    • Randy and Cindy Melzer
    • Ray Powers
    • Rhonda Lee
    • Rick Monzon
    • River Sauvageau
    • Robin Catherine Lawson
    • Ryan T. Murphy
    • Samuel Tibbels
    • Shahastra Levy
    • Sharon Butler
    • Skip Demuth
    • Soni Wright
    • Susan Florence
    • Susan Bronstein
    • Susanna Joslyn Johansen
    • Tania Parker
    • Ted Temple
    • Thacher School
    • Tracie Topp
    • Travis Escalante
    • Trevor Cox
    • Upper Ojai Relief
    • Valerie Freeman
    • Ventura County Fire Department
    • Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
    • Vera Long
    • Victoria Aja
    • Vina Lustado
    • Wendy Tremiti
    • Wrona Gall
    • Zhena Muzyka
    • Zoe Murdock
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Karal Gregory

Ojai Spirit

Created as a call to action in the wake of the 2017 Thomas Fire in Southern California, Ojai Spirit embodies the indomitable spirit and unique sense of community of Ojai, CA. We donate profits from our sales to worthy causes in our community, such as the Humane Society of Ventura County, Greater Goods Disaster Relief Fund, Thomas Fire Artist Recovery Fund, and Wildland Firefighters Association. Over $3000 has been raised and donated since January 2018.
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Gypsies Don't Need Sofas

Writer, photographer, Reiki practioner, Beagle rescuer. I’ve moved from Virginia to California 8 times; driven cross-country 15 times. I now live in the mountains of California’s Central Coast. At my 10-year high school reunion, I won the award for Most Jobs Held Since Graduation. Two reunions later I’ve had more jobs than birthdays. I recognize there’s both some wisdom and humor in that. I’m the poster girl for “wherever you go there you are,” and I’ve learned that we don’t change unless our perspectives do. I believe that rethinking our story and rewriting the script so we are the hero is the key to recreating and reshaping our lives. I am not a victim. Neither are you.

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  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • Maps and Locations
    • testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • The Light of Fire
  • Purchase FROM THE FIRE
  • Contributors A - L
    • akka b
    • Alan Gilliam
    • Alexa Gerrity
    • Amanda Colon Rogers
    • Amber Lennon
    • Amun Levy
    • Angela May
    • Barbara Muska
    • Becca Fuchs
    • BoKU
    • Brenton Butler
    • Brian Berman
    • Brian Lisus
    • Brian Ziegler
    • Camp Ramah
    • Carlos Grasso
    • Carlotta Mastrojanni
    • Carolyn Cricca
    • Carolyn Vondriska
    • Cassidy Linder
    • Charlie Whitman
    • Chris Newell
    • Christie Rice
    • Christina Fortney
    • Christopher King
    • Claudia Figueiredo
    • Clay White
    • Conrad Reeder
    • Crow Lauren
    • Dan Lang
    • Daren Magee
    • Darrel Wilson
    • Dave May
    • David Baker
    • David Taylor
    • Dawn & Dana Ceniceros
    • Debi Otto
    • Deborah Lyon
    • Deva Temple
    • Didde Heidler Chastain
    • Domonic Dean Breaux
    • Duane Eells
    • Dylan Dawes
    • Ecotopia
    • Elaine Unzicker
    • Elizabeth Rose
    • Ellyn Jarvis
    • Emily Burger
    • Emily Florence
    • Emily Vedder
    • Erik Wilde
    • Erin Parker
    • Esther Van Der Werf
    • Evergreen Wellness
    • Friend's Ranches
    • Food Harmonics
    • Fly-Hope-Dream
    • Gail Mortensen
    • Garth Rose
    • Gary Morales
    • Gayel Childress
    • Grant Fortney
    • Greater Goods
    • Hannah Atkinson
    • Harriette Jump
    • Harvey Rawn
    • Heather and Bob Sanders
    • Help of Ojai
    • Humane Society of Ventura County, Ojai
    • Irasha Pearl Talifero
    • Jack Nesbit
    • James Bryan Davis
    • Jasmine Williams
    • Jeff D. Muth
    • Jeffrey Stuteville
    • Jessica Altman-Pollack
    • John Brooks
    • Johnny Ortez-Tibbels
    • Jose pulido III
    • Judy Gabriel
    • Julia Thomsen
    • Julie Tumamait-Stenslie
    • Karal Gregory
    • Karen McMahon
    • Karina Aroha
    • Kate Mack
    • Kate Pond
    • Kathleen Collins
    • Katrina MacLachlan
    • Kelly Fenton
    • Kent Butler
    • Kiera Van Gelder
    • Kris Humphries
    • Kristen Finch
    • Lee Ann Manley
    • Leighanne O'Brien
    • Leisa Fusco-Foster
    • Les Dublin
    • Leslie Ferraro
    • Lisa Isbell
    • Lori Hansen
    • Love Heals
  • Contributors M - Z
    • Mallory Murphy
    • Marc Whitman
    • Mark Anthony
    • Martha Moran
    • Mary Neville
    • Meditation Mount
    • Michael Gabriel
    • Michael Wood
    • MiMi Alain
    • Nadia Natali
    • Nancy Gross
    • Nathan Wickstrum
    • Nicholas Franklin
    • Nora Herold
    • Norman Clayton
    • NoSo
    • Ojai Beverage Company
    • Ojai Digital
    • Ojai Foundation
    • Ojai Print Works
    • Ojai Raptor Center
    • Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
    • Ojai Valley Museum
    • Ojai Vineyard
    • Oliver Newell, "Oliwa"
    • Pamela Luna
    • Paul Michael Taylor
    • Paulette Mahurin
    • Perry Van Houten
    • Peter Stuart
    • Point de Chêne
    • Rainbow Bridge Market
    • Rancho Grande
    • Randy and Cindy Melzer
    • Ray Powers
    • Rhonda Lee
    • Rick Monzon
    • River Sauvageau
    • Robin Catherine Lawson
    • Ryan T. Murphy
    • Samuel Tibbels
    • Shahastra Levy
    • Sharon Butler
    • Skip Demuth
    • Soni Wright
    • Susan Florence
    • Susan Bronstein
    • Susanna Joslyn Johansen
    • Tania Parker
    • Ted Temple
    • Thacher School
    • Tracie Topp
    • Travis Escalante
    • Trevor Cox
    • Upper Ojai Relief
    • Valerie Freeman
    • Ventura County Fire Department
    • Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
    • Vera Long
    • Victoria Aja
    • Vina Lustado
    • Wendy Tremiti
    • Wrona Gall
    • Zhena Muzyka
    • Zoe Murdock
  • Press