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Posts published by “Paul Modic”

Pay Jackie Daniels!

Like an intrusive Jehovah’s witness or a cheap hooker I probe for those in need who qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) but are not…

Starting The Humboldt Independent

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of “The Humboldt Independent” and brings back memories of the summer of ‘97, when a group…

Senior Benefits: Low Income Housing

The HUD low-income senior housing complex in Garberville is a cute assortment of one bedroom cottages, between the hospital and the library, on the edge…

The Fox & The Leafhoppers

Is it time to confess environmental crimes against nature?  I had decided to expand my pot patch into a new area in the back forty,…

Tweeker Takeover

When I got home from my trip I struggled with the padlock on the gate, finally got a wrench from my car and banged it…

Escape From Southern Humboldt

Why is life so boring in Garberville these days, so boring I’ve been desperately trying to get out of town and drive to Mexico. It’s…

Another Tale From The Hills: The Sociopath

Remember the case of the whole family who died recently, one by one, over a period of several years? The father, Mike Nicklin, was a…

Big Fight

Back home in the racist flatlands of Northern Indiana to visit my old man I decided to not hassle him for one day, twenty-four hours…

Pablo’s Folly: The High Lifter Pump

Wasting time, money, and energy on The Marijuana Highway… (What's done is done and all I can do is look back with regret but that's…

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