Last Saturday (Nov 13th), on a sunny afternoon at Tom Smith Field in Boonville, two goals in the final breathtaking four minutes of play enabled the Anderson Valley High School Boys Soccer team to secure…
Posts published in November 2010
Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. For various reasons, this is a shorter column than usual. Hopefully you will not be too upset. I am sure it was…
I met with Kent at his home high above the Valley, approximately six miles up Peachland Road. After meeting his dog, Amy, a six-year old Labrador mix who Kent originally took in as a foster…
The iconic Mojave Desert is viewed by most as a barrier to Las Vegas, the water parks of the Colorado River or spring training. Vast, lifeless, barren, desolate, monotonous, nothing but sun wind and gravel.…
“The fraudulent practices that got people into homes they couldn’t afford are at the heart of our problem.” — Robert Scheer There is no doubt I am happier and more productive and healthier and much…
I was seated at the dinner table contentedly shoveling spoonfuls of Pozole down my gullet. The AVA, in all its glory, unfurled in front of me. My better half leaned forward across the table and…
WHY THE CENSORSHIP, STEVE? Dear AVA, I would like to thank you for allowing members of the community to write letters in order to get the truth to its readers unlike the Independent Coast Observer…
As the wild oat and its cousins transform the south slopes from bleached gold to emerald green, the poison oak leaves take on the same hues of purple to daffodil blaze as the vineyards. In…