Winter came in hard that year, and stayed hard. By mid-December it was obvious I wouldn’t have enough firewood to last till spring, and between the limited hours of daylight and the ice and snow that clung to everything and made much of the land impassable, cutting more wood and getting it back to the [...]
by Todd Walton
I used to hate it when I predicted something long in advance of when it happened, and then no one remem bered I predicted it or believed me when I insisted I pre dicted the thing.
by The AVA
WHERE’S MY TINFOIL HAT? Dear Bruce Anderson: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) is excited to inform you that will soon be installing Smartmeter technology on electric meters in your neighborhood. PG&E’s Smartmeter program will empower you to take greater control of your energy consumption, use less energy, and save money. In the next several [...]
by The AVA
AVA, I’m writing to suggest to William Cooper’s “Behold A Pale White Horse” — a piece on government conspiracy. It seems to me like the whole world is unconscious. That’s why I keep this Messy Maru CD up loud. Can the public be educated? If so, how long before we (as in me, too) get [...]
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. I would like to start by pointing out that there was no need to go to London, England if you wanted to attend a ‘royal’ wedding this summer. The Valley had its own version last Saturday afternoon and evening, held high in [...]
by Steve Sparks
I drove out of Boonville up Mountain View Road and soon pulled into the driveway at the Leal Vineyards where I met with John. He opened a couple of beers and prepared a delicious spread of prosciutto, Bavarian headcheese, and several different cheeses with a loaf of fresh bread. We chatted, opened a second beer [...]
KZYX, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Takes On The World, with Jeffrey Blankfort. Blankfort: I happen to be on the mailing list for President Barack Obama! I got an email from him the other day! He wrote… What did he write? Here it is. “Friend!” “Friend!” This is from the president! From his e-mail! “I have [...]
There has long been speculation that the little pond by the ocean–Point Arena– could not hold two such colorful and big fish like Lauren Sinnott and Hoolis C. Nation without a little blood in the water.
by Jake Rohrer
The person who would most connect me to the mem ory of my father and his generation was Max Halsey. For at least one chapter of his lifetime Max worked in the automobile business, oftentimes for my father.
The last two meetings of the Board of Supervisors, June 14 and June 21, were spent fine tuning the Ukiah Valley Area Plan, a fundamentally fraudulent irrelevant document that is not only a total waste of taxpayer money, but is of very little interest to the general public it allegedly serves. The discussion was almost [...]
