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The Golden State Of Dreams

Cynics may decry sport as the ultimate mass opiate, but as a friend puts it, “They should try smoking ten bowls of Chem-Dog x Jack Herer while watching Golden State in the fourth quarter.”

Prohibition ’37: The Hemp Lobbyist

NARRATOR: Act two, scene two: “The Hemp Lobbyist Befuddled.” Comes now the Honorable Ralph F. Lozier, a former judge and Congressman, retired to private practice.  LOZIER: For the record and for the information of those…

Roots & Eggs

“Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet.” — Will Holt Lemon trees growing near the kitchen. What a wonderful idea. So we chose the perfect spots on the south side of the…

River Views

May 15th is the day Emily Dickinson died. She hadn’t left her Amherst, Massachusetts home in 21 years. Perhaps it will be of some solace to struggling poets to know that scarcely ten of her…

In Loving Memory Of Henry Hill

The first thing I saw when I arrived at Henry Hill’s memorial was a live pink poodle on a leash with a pink haired lady in a pink satin blouse on the other end (Jonesy).…

Blast From the Past: A Wasteful Watershed Meeting, July, 1995

(Note: This is a typical report from a "watershed group" meeting almost 20 years ago to discuss the status of a "study" costing hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars which produced nothing but a "report"…

Poisons To Rethink

Round-Up® (Glyphosate) The myth that glyphosate disappears harmlessly soon after application is misleading. Glyphosate kills plants by chelating the same minerals vital to all life, which is why it has been associated with laboratory and…

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