Put a lacquered frame around something and hang it on the wall and that thing instantly becomes Art. Or a critique of Art. Or a…
Posts published in “Essays”
Like all misadventures this one started simply enough. In the process of research on the 150-year history of Mendocino County I am writing I decided…
The nude body of 18-year-old Barbara Stroud was found by a County road crew north of Willits on Wednesday, January 10th, 1973. The honors graduate…
Permits from the city for the Emporium—a combination bar and arcade on Divisadero—dragged on and the Chicago-born and raised entrepreneur, Danny Marks began to fret.…
I was on my way to visit the bustling metropolis of Leggett for the very first time, riding shotgun in an early-90s vintage Buick having…
I had a wonderful trip to Philly and New York. It started out a little rough as I missed my flight out of SF at…
As everyone knows, the villain in any prison story is the warden. Of course, prison being what it is, a kind of central receiving for…
This is a story about something that isn’t supposed to happen. It illustrates the strangeness of the world of marijuana, and for that reason no…
Most voters may have stayed at home but nevertheless Measure B, a one-half cent tax to improve abysmal mental health services in this county, won…
When getting ready for bed around 11:30pm Sunday night, October 8, 2017, my 87-year-old dad heard loud noises from outside, 60-65 mph winds. He looked out his bedroom window. He saw dots on the hill behind his house and thought there was a fire.
My old friend Gibbons sent me a copy to review for – what else? – the AVA. Jim and I are AVA old-timers, and my…