I met with Doug at his property just south of Navarro where he has several showrooms full of his pottery along with the very quaint house where he lives. He made a pot of strong…
Posts published in September 2010
After the season opening loss against the Seattle Seahawks, Head coach Singletary should have fell on his sword and accepted responsibility for he debacle by saying “when it's fourth down and less than a yard…
“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.” — Tom Robbins Big game tonight, our Giants scrapping for first place in the National League West, a dozen games left…
Being present at a musical performance of unexpected greatness is even more memorable than having high expectations met. When I heard Rostropovich with the Boston Symphony under Seiji Ozawa in 1985 playing the Dvorak Cello…
What is the greatest risk factor for getting cancer? Tobacco? Environmental pollution? Try age. The longer we live, the more likely our chances that we’ll contract some form of cancer. Since all of us grow…
They tell me the north coast is supposed to get foggier and wetter as a side effect of global warming, at least for a while. I don't put too much stock in any weather predictions…
Where the heck do I begin? What an uber burst of excitement to have met both AVA stalwarts in The Bunker, so to speak, and on a perfectly illuminated almost Tuscan Sunday afternoon, us wedged…
Not long after the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors made one more muddled attempt at clearing up the confusion over their “balanced budget” at last Tuesday’s Board meeting, the County’s primary employee union, Service Employees…
“Just because I am fat I am not stupid!” I blush. This is my first time in the Senior bus and already I have managed to insult the driver.