Music may be the food love, as Shakespeare put it at the opening of Twelfth Night, but he could also have observed that music feeds on money. A few are made rich by their devotion to…
Posts published in “Essays”
Do you shudder at the sight of low-life trailer-trash crankheads driving around in their beat-up Camaros? Do you nod solemnly when one of the big tv news actors presents a piece on how methamphetamine is…
I asked Bruce Anderson the following random questions about his run for the KZYX Board of Directors
Jeremiah “Doc” Standley arrived in California at the age of eight in 1853. He walked and rode with his family in a small wagon train that left Missouri in the spring and arrived in the…
Following up on last week’s column regarding the state Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) February dismal snowpack reading of a paltry 25 percent of the historical average, you can bet state officials are prepping Alternative…
I'm proud to say that I'm the one who gave Crystal Billy his nickname. Before I came along, he was just a Bill with a fairly intense relationship with meth, and while the designation may…
In ancient Greece trumpet playing was an Olympic event. Herodorus of Megas had the winnings lips and lung power: beginning in 396 BCE, he won the trumpet laurels ten consecutive times. Those were fair weather…
The forced retirement of Linda Ruffing, the long time Fort Bragg City Manager, becomes, at long last a reality at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Tabatha Miller, Administrative Director from Havasu City, Arizona, has been…
I am at heart a homebody, and never more content than when lolling around the domicile with a cool and refreshing tipple in the company of a cat, though I generally like one in better…