We visit Ukiah’s city park early every morning to walk around with some other people who do the same thing. Exercise, I suppose. Some people bring a dog, and the people who don’t have a…
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I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed visiting a museum, but it probably was when I was young and pretentious. I thought if people heard I’d spent the weekend stalking moldy old antique stuff…
Twenty one years ago we bought a new refrigerator over at Pardini Appliance and it was a beaut: retro-style from curved corners to chrome handles, and coated in deep red airplane-grade paint. A Northstar brand…
When I arrived in Ukiah I was a braindead airhead deadhead with little ambition and, thanks to hourly intakes of marijuana fumes, an IQ dropping faster than my ability to fill out paperwork to get…
I’ve started walking my dog down the middle of the street because otherwise I wouldn’t walk my dog at all. Over the decades I’ve had half a dozen dogs, and this one, Sweetie, is the…
Hello, good evening and welcome everyone to our annual celebration of ourselves and our self worth and our goals and achievements. But first of all, to start things off, let’s stand, all of you! —…
There is no understanding 20th century America without being acquainted with the nation’s mid-century interstate highway expansion. The massive cross-country freeway linkage was the crowning achievement of President Eisenhower’s eight years in office, and has…
Going back further than any of us can remember we have listened to political candidates telling us in loud, plain, repetitive language that their Number One priority is to bring good jobs to Ukiah and…
We’re in the middle of a brief stretch in a long year when we pause to count blessings, give thanks and acknowledge our good luck. We are finished with 2025, and look where we are:…