Since I moved back into my childhood home, I have had this song peripherally but consistently floating around my head. And it’s okay with me, because I like Gordon Lightfoot. Seems odd to think anyone wouldn’t… This week the judge granted me guardianship of my teenage niece. Everyone was on board, so it wasn’t a [...]
Shock and disbelief were almost simultaneous. One of the Ukiah Valley’s most active and popular figures, Susan Keegan, had been found dead in her South Ukiah home on Whitmore Lane. The shock of the terrible news had no sooner ricocheted through the Ukiah Valley than a unanimous disbelief set in: Susan Keegan could not have [...]
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton rushed to contrast the repressive brutality of the Iranian authorities with what they now seek to present as the bloodless, US-managed triumph of pro-democracy forces in Egypt. By any measure this was brazen impudence, starting with the fact that across the past few weeks the 300 dead, slaughtered [...]
by The AVA
LOCAL-FRIENDLY WINE Dear Editor, In these days of declining tourist dollars, with wine tasting rooms springing up like mushrooms to divide the attention of those tourists who do make it up here, and in light of Will Parrish’s excellent articles on the dark side of the wine industry, I thought I’d put in a plug [...]
Greetings one and all – if you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin… And let’s get straight into this week’s Public Service Announcements. #42. An early heads-up for a special event to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a couple of weeks time – it’s a Dinner and Dance to benefit the Senior Center with [...]
Thursday they were predicting near-record heat for the region, and the outdoor temperature at seven in the morning was a balmy 54°, the southewestern breeze sending the stars and stripes flapping to the northeast. The flag was ragged, shredded on the ends of threads, and Grandpa was planning to purchase a new one at the [...]
On Monday, we celebrated President’s Day. It caused me to reflect upon some of the characters we’ve elected to lead us over the years. One character in particular was really over-the-top. An enthusiastic fist-fighter, he took on all comers in bare-knuckles boxing matches, many of them staged by notorious gamblers. He won every match, sometimes [...]
by Todd Walton
I wanted to open this article with that quote from Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, a great friend of the Kala hari Bushmen, so I would not be accused of using a derogatory term when speaking of the people from whom all humans on earth are descended.
by Steve Sparks
I had arranged to meet with David at his recently purchased home in the Ukiah suburbs but with construction underway there we decided to move to his downtown office. He was elected as District Attorney in November and in January he moved into a smaller office and out of “my predecessor’s huge office” which then [...]
by Steve Heilig
Well over 200 people came to West Marin from far and wide on a recent Sunday to hear United States Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin give a rare reading in West Marin. His appearance was arranged by and at Commonweal, an environmental and health institute where I work at times. It was the only reading he [...]
