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Posts published by “Pebbles Trippet”

My Cousin Rusty (Norvell)

You wrote so engagingly about my cousin Rusty Norvell in the AVA after he died in a car wreck that I'm moved to round out the picture. His neck was broken; his car intertwined with…

History of the Emerald Cup, Part 2

Once, not long ago, looking behind the Emerald Triangle curtain were thousands of little gardens and mom and pop weed farms outdoors farmers digging in the soil in the sun, creating tiny economies in the…

The History of the Emerald Cup

The Emerald Cup was founded in 2004 from a fledgling few weed growers who gathered informally at Area 101 in Laytonville to share their grow tips and buds on the down low without public knowledge,…

The Crack in the Door

I live where the Navarro River meets the ocean, where the tides ebb and flow, animals come and go, and I am a part of that natural flow close to nature on the California Coast,…

This Mess Is a Place

Living on the Navarro River down a long dirt road off the grid in the flood plain with multiple perils made my remote 4.2 acres available in the ‘90s for a reasonable price. Navarro River…

A Capsule History Of Class K

Sketches of the heartland — the Emerald Triangle — require that we go back to the beginning. Class K Code housing started with the back to the land movement in the early 1970s when city…

MendoHealing Take 2

Jean Marie Todd and David Moore of Fort Bragg were arrested Sunday for pot cultivation and sales.  They were previously arrested in February 2009 on similar charges. Local pot advocate Pebbles Trippett wrote about the…

Marijuana Initiatives Max Out

With 3 legalization initiatives and 1 medical marijuana regulation initiative all aiming for the same 2012 ballot and competing for the same scarce funds, none of them have been able to raise the $2 million…

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