Any musician on the road, especially one who plays the organ, frequently confronts the contrast between suburban periphery and urban center—or what’s left of it.…
Posts published in May 2013
“Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music.” — William Stafford A recent phone conversation with a friend caused me to…
LESS THAN A YEAR after giving their popular and competent CEO Ray Hino the boot for trying to avoid bankruptcy, the Coast Hospital Board is…
John Sakowicz, omni-interested citizen in a county where few people pay close attention to purely local matters, posed an interesting question at the April 23…
Stanley Scott almost went to trial on Monday for transportation of marijuana, a violation of section 11360 of the Health & Safety Code. The previous…
As every story is a meandering road, each road is also a story, or, more accurately, an infinity of stories. An abandoned trail that leads…
A couple months back this column focused on the actions of Officer Craig Guydan of the Fort Bragg Police Department. I belong to a group…
WITH THE NEWS that the first major sport professional athlete has come out as gay you probably don't know there's a local angle to pro…
JUST IN FROM THE REFORMATION PRAYER NETWORK: How the Prayer Network Sees Mendocino County. * * * History Mendocino County was one of the original…