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Posts published in December 2010

Movie Review: The Fighter

Hollywood produces frauds From lives that once had meat; No one in the know applauds Hollywood’s latest feat When it produces movies of Redemption. Triumph.…

Propaganda Of Childhood

“What we remember from childhood we remember forever — permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.” — Cynthia Ozick

The Little Train That Won’t

Humboldt County planning staff has expressed seri­ous doubt about the North Coast Railroad Authority’s rail redevelopment goals and the chairman of the county’s Planning Commission…

Christmas in Albion

It was raining when we left Fort Bragg to head over to the Grandparent's house in Albion.  The relatives.  The food.  The hot hot upstairs,…

Letters to the Editor

ONLY FOUR SCOOPS To the Editor: On a rainy Friday afternoon (12.17.10) while on a short trip to the Yorkville area I observed a Mendocino…

Farm To Farm

The cabin was clearly occupied. Smoke snaked from the double-walled, galvanized, chimney pipe. A lamp burned, illuminating the solarium. The German Shepherd pup bounded like…

Dining With The Pot People

Pot growers and sheriff deputies broke bread together in Ukiah recently at an unprecedented event: a holiday party hosted by Julia Carrera, one of Mendocino…

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. So here we are once again — the holi­day season and the…

Lives & Times of Valley Folks: Diane Herron

I met with Diane at her home on Estate Drive in the Boonville ‘suburbs’ and we shared some persimmon cookies and soft drinks as we…

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