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The Brotherhood Of The Grape

“California vineyards bring in record crop."  — New York Times, Feb. 16, 2014 (Scene:  Dinner gathering of wine industry business honchos) "OK, good job this year everybody and thanks for turning up here tonite, but…

Well That Was Fun

Protests can now be ignored because media has learned how to dismiss them, our police know how to contain them, and our leaders now know that once a protest is peacefully held and concluded the protesters simply go home and sit on their asses until the next protest or the next election.

Gregg

It's been a long time since I first heard about underground missile silos in Colorado. It was the Cold War and we were ready, so the story went. Twenty years or so ago, I became…

North By Northwest

I’m going, finally, to Seattle. That’s about all everyone around here in Sacramento refers to when the inevitable I should, could be living somewhere other than here comes up.

The Heads Up Duo

In anticipation of the upcoming event, I met with René Auberjonois at his home in Anderson Valley and we were joined...by René’s good friend, Howard Hesseman

Water, Water Everywhere

Drought has a way of changing everything. The latest mandatory rationing in Brooktrails is 110 gallons a day per household. In Willits it’s 150

The Field Of Mars

This nimble little falsettist of a Mars turns out not to fit the traditional image of war-loving deity that his stage-name suggests.

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