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Posts published in December 2012

Bird’s Eye View

Greetings one and all. If you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin. Isn’t it about now that the ‘13 Days of Christmas’ begin? And how come we almost never hear the 13th day sung…

Scenes From A Marriage

Constance Gee's just published memoir, Higher Education: Marijuana at the Mansion, is a terrific book. (Her last name is pronounced with a hard G, as in clarified-butter ghee.) The title refers to the fact that while…

Mendocino County Today: December 12, 2012

THE DA has charged Wilson L. Tubbs III, also known as Josh Tubbs, with child abuse resulting in death, according to spokesman Mike Geniella, a charge of murder. According to DA spokesman Mike Geniella, "Police…

News From The North

Pros & Cons Of Reggae Fest Having outgrown its Benbow Lake Recreation Area venue, the Reggae on the River music festival is seeking a return to its French’s Camp location and the county’s Planning Commission…

My Beautiful America

Itinerary: America, more of my America: Sacramento to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Scottsdale, Arizona for Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen West, Bentonville, Arkansas for Pea Ridge battlefield (Civil War) and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,…

Receiving

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Jesus, Acts 20:35 John Steinbeck’s preface to his wonderful The Log From the Sea of Cortez is a celebration of Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck’s friend and…

Coasties Beat Back Judges

In the beginning there was the lie, the lie that judges have got to be lawyers. That lie got Mendocino County's outlying justice courts shut down. Used to be you went to court in Covelo,…

Off The Record

THE DA has charged Wilson L. Tubbs III, also known as Josh Tubbs, with child abuse resulting in death, according to spokesman Mike Geniella, a charge of murder. According to DA spokesman Mike Geniella, “…

Valley People

SO FAR, no one seems to know, but unless AV Unified is somehow more savvy than Willits Unified, which I doubt, we've probably been big time scammed on the bond deal we floated to get…

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