John Fante referred to you as a “sad flower in the sand.” I can’t be so poetic. I’m going to sum you up as the traffic-choked cloverleaf of the 10 and the 405. You, L.A.,…
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February 4, 2010 To: Patricia Beverly, Boonville California Dear Patricia Beverly: Welcome to the Blue Shield of California or Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company COPD program! We are offering this program…
Today we had a difference of opinion. We had to leave where we were because he was being disruptive and I did not feel like dragging the spectators through the negotiations. In the car I…
At one point during last Thursday's hearing in front of the Mendocino County Planning Commission, as they considered a proposal for an open pit gravel mining operation in Covelo, I thought I heard a curious,…
I’m glad the San Francisco 49ers were able to bring Jim Harbaugh to their team as their head coach. Coach Harbaugh certainly displayed his college coaching ability with Stanford. He made Stanford a relevant and…
Back in Ireland when I grew up, Easter was a very serious affair. In my hometown of Youghal many shops closed for the entire week, as you might expect in a country at that time…
Here walks my dad, Arthur Krause with Reverend John Adams and other protesters on his last trip back to Kent State. His daughter, Allison Krause, was slain at Kent State in the student protest against…
Holidays. As a kid I don't remember Easter being such a big deal. Maybe it's because all I had to do was wake up in the morning and all that was required was I find…