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Posts published by “Paul Modic”

Busted

On November 22, 1977 I left a “Sheila and Jessie” concert at the Garberville Theatre and headed north toward Eureka to UPS a box of canning jars full of trimmed weed, the first pound I…

ED Denson & Me

Why does HumCo Attorney Ed Denson get to eat hamburgers, french fries, and a milk shake and I don’t? Why does Ed get to live for now, eat anything he wants, and I have to…

Rehab Update

Wow, two weeks since the hip replacement operation, and each day a delicious lunch is brought to me sitting in the recliner in front of the TV. I’ve been retrained to do the rest: make…

SSI Update

I was doing some research to gather information to assist a few people who wanted to apply for SSI, or had friends they were helping to apply. I came up with a lot of info…

My Willits Adventure

They wheeled me into the extremely bright and white operating room early in the morning. “Where’s the robot?” I asked. “That’s the first thing everyone asks,” a nurse said with a laugh. “It’s not here…

Senior Moments

You can call them senior moments but if they've been happening your whole life then it's time to take stock and realize you're just a damn fool. The other day I was about to take…

The Bullshit Invitation

Hey, my friends, feel free to spend some time at my place in Mexico, sure, anytime I'm not there. This is what's known as a bullshit invitation as it's not easy to get to and…

Reggae On The River Returns

It’s Reggae Week again (August 2nd to 4th at County Line Ranch), which used to be like our national holiday around here, the annual celebration when hippies, growers, and all the rest of us back-to-the-landers…

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