The Master of a deep-water cargo ship on the Mendocino Coast during the late 1800s was generally a hard-fisted man who ruled his domain with an iron hand. He and his mates had to be,…
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It’s cold, dark, rainy and miserable. It’s Monday, February 16 in Ukiah. I’m stopped at South State and Gobbi Streets peering through heavy drops and slashing wipers and off to my right, hunched under an…
I had the nostalgic pleasure of watching this fine concert film on the big screen at Coast Cinema recently. It was the second time I’d seen it at this theater, the last time a Mendo…
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…
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…
You really have to have a reason to be driving north of Covelo towards Humboldt County. In our case we did, as there is an interesting rockhounding site to investigate. The oak woodlands were beautiful…
MELANIA made it to Berlin but was only showing at a single early-afternoon time. Brandishing my coveted CounterPunch press card, I tried to talk my way in for free. The woman at the counter was…
When I arrived at Terra Sávia Winery in Hopland at 9:00 on a Monday morning, things were already bustling. Pallets of wine and olive oil were moved past the olive mill, through the tasting bar,…
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…