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Posts published in “Day: August 26, 2015

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Aug 27, 2015

Hospital Agreement;
Social Work;
Beer Vision;
Drought Grapes;
Yesterday's Catch;
Neighbor Honzik;
Super Warrant;
Farm Produce;
Headlands;
Brother Bernie;
Excellense;
Lies;
Cannabis Abuse;
Fish Victory;
Eternal Conversation;
County Budget

A Horse Walks Into A Bar…

Garberville's Blue Room Bar has a sign on their front door reading, “No Patchouli”. The 'necky' older crowd of loggers, cowboys and country folk seem…

Burn On, Burners!

It's Burning Man time again. I'm not going, again. I'm going to say something critical about it, again. And will be mostly ignored and/or vilified, again.

Elgin

I was put in mind of my friend Elgin this morning when I heard the unmistakable sound of an old Volkswagen Beetle going by. Elgin and I met in 1966, my junior year of high school. He was a massive six-three, a formidable football player, grew up in wealthy family, had his own horse, a new VW Beetle, hunted, drank whiskey, and hung out with other football players and their cheerleader girlfriends.

Letters (Aug 26, 2015)

I am very disturbed that numerous logging trucks are coming out of the woods loaded with Redwoods, large ones, from the area up the Noyo River watershed at the end of Sherwood Road, and are going on to Hwy 1, headed North. What area are they actively logging at such a prodigious rate, and which lumber mill up North are they heading toward?

The Russian River Run (June, 1990)

The night before the Russian River Run, Sally Miklose called me from her motel room in Ukiah because her 16-year-old son Jesse wanted to find…

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