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Posts published in June 2011

Nutty Republicans

Will Palin run? Who knows, who cares? The press is agog because the ci-devant Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate is in the midst of her bus tour up and down the East Coast.…

Naked In Gualala

A week after my van broke down I had a nude modeling gig at a figure drawing class in Gualala. I was living on Signal Ridge at the time. I walked down the hill and…

Stogie & The Black Widow

Philo has a killer redwood that seems to reach out to swat errant drivers like a giant flyswatter. Every community in Mendocino County seems to have a danger spot or two. Near Point Arena at…

Buster Posey & The Collision

How did we all start to ‘luv de guy’ so fast? Buster Posey was a “throwback” kind of guy. He was humble, earnest, and hard working. He looked like a big boy. There was a…

The Laytonville Lady & The .357

Timothy Burger, 21, of Sacramento, was shot dead early the morning of October 30th, 2010 during a home invasion robbery attempt at a home on Steele Lane, Laytonville Burger's accomplices, 18-year-old Tyrone Bell and 19-year-old…

Off The Record

This Week: Point Arena Not-So-Unified; Contract negotiation hell; A pot bill fails in Sacramento; and much more

Meth & Ab, Ab & Meth

Before I walked into the Ten Mile Courthouse building in Fort Bragg on a Tuesday morning I read a bumper sticker on a large pickup truck parked on the street out front: “My husband said…

Valley People

CONGRATULATIONS to Pilar Echeverria as she celebrates her first anniversary as sole proprietor of Mosswood Market, and here's hope the lovely and charming Mrs. E enjoys many more profitable years at her popular coffee, breakfast…

Canadian Panorama

Did you ever hear a folk song that stuck with you the rest of your life? A song full of beauty and wonder that spoke of an unknown world you'd like to see some day?…

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