After a three year hiatus (no show) the AV Variety Show roared back to life last weekend at the Anderson Valley Grange Hall. I attended the Friday show which was up to par in every…
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Last year I wrote a report on the 2022 Wildflower Show with this opening paragraph: “If there is one thing that stands out when looking at a large collection of wildflower specimens it is their…
The Anderson Valley Lion’s Club members attended the 25th Annual Beer Fest as they always do in order to prepare 450 Tri-Tip sandwiches with veggies (red pepper, onion and mushrooms) to sell at $20 a…
The Anderson Valley Variety Show is always full of surprises. The most surprising act I remember involved a man named Rudy Knoop cooking soy beans on a Coleman stove live onstage. He had an assistant…
According to the Visit Mendocino, “The drive through Mendocino County is on many winding roads that will take a while to complete. It is never dull as the locations and views are majestic at almost…
Every garden has at least one thing in common with every other garden – in the beginning they are all just a dream. Sometimes it’s a small dream like spelling out the name of your…
If you’ve got the urge to helicopter out of your rural life for a day, head to Berkeley for a good dose of urban interest. Twenty years ago I lived in Berkeley for 20 years…
On Thursday February 23rd around 5:00 I was driving home from a job off Peachland Road in Boonville. It was very cold and raining but I knew that home in Yorkville at a higher elevation,…