Would the AVA's resident expert on the media, Flynn Washburne, regard this story as newsworthy? Probably not! After all, it’s not about his backyard and not about anyone he knows. Chances are, you don’t know…
Posts published in “Essays”
With daily news of the spreading Coronavirus in my mind I picked up a two-door Toyota
That ominous cracking sound you hear is the Noyo Center For Marine Science cabal falling through the ice. Can't hear it? Maybe you're not in the club. The Noyo Center, Fort Bragg’s ocean-oriented, not-for-profit whalebone…
Ever see the sign for Burke Hill south of Ukiah and wonder who Burke was? Here's part of the answer. Alexander Burke was born in Sparta, Tennessee in the summer of 1813. At age twenty…
A recent and continuing series of articles by CT Rowe complains of unfair treatment by the Anderson Valley Land Trust.
For fascinating reading or listening there is “The Great Influenza” by John Barry. It’s available from the County Library and provides hours of informative material on a disease that killed millions world-wide in 1918-1919. The…
March 28, 2020 — The NY Times, even in the best of times, presents a picture of New York barely recognizable to the majority of its residents. In a state of emergency their reporting resembles…
Berkeley, CA 4/4 2020 — Headlines: “Undocumented Farmworkers, Still Deportable, Are Essential” “Data From Cellphones Shows Staying at Home is a Luxury” “Outbreak Rages From Nursing Home” “Business Owners Sue to Reopen, Citing Breach of…
The world is in one hell of a mess and though it might seem so, it ain’t all Covid-19. My son Paullen called the other evening to say that White House acting Covid-19 spokesperson, Jared…