I met with Dan at his home on Shepherd Lane on the southwestern outskirts of Ukiah and he made me a much-needed cup of strong coffee served with some delicious brownies before we sat down…
Posts published in April 2010
I met with Jim at his home on Highway 128 near the Gowan Oak Tree fruit stand north of Philo. His wife of almost 64 years, Jo, joined us for our chat as Jim has…
Every Democratic president since FDR has been a prisoner of war. Michelle and the darling girls, as Bruce contends, are being dungeoned presently in the deepest, darkest , dankest levels of the White House catacombs.…
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Along with about 50 players and perhaps seventy spectators, I attended the AV High School Alumni Basketball tournament last Saturday evening in…
The recent decision to retire the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname has sent ripples across the national sports scene. Gerhard Krauthammer, general manager of the New Jersey Jumping Jews of the Eastern Basketball…
Hundreds of county residents converged in Eureka for a Tea Party rally that included a variety of speakers, some American Revolution outfits and apparent dissenters who were identified as “infiltrators.” The second annual rally for…
While the rich still have not figured out how to evade death, they have always been adept at escaping taxes even from beyond the grave. During Johann Sebastian Bach’s day, a sovereign’s demise was yet…
The four Fifth District Supervisor candidates spoke at a meeting organized by the Anderson Valley Food Shed, the Anderson Valley Grange, and the Mendocino Organic Network which includes the Renegade Certification Program, the folks who…
I had been out last night for a drink or two and was trying to take a cat nap in the back of the ambulance; it was around 0900. That’s how you survive the long…