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Posts published in January 2014

Mendocino County Today: January 4, 2014

AT THE BOONVILLE WINTER MARKET in front of the Boonville General Store on Saturday, 11-1, you will find: AV Community Farm - Cabbage, Kohlrabi and Mustard Greens, Root Veggies (turnips, beets, etc.), pork, lamb, goat, chicken, sauerkrauts and food preserves; Diane - rabbits, garlic, jam and jelly, warm crocheted hats, bring your own dish kits, table napkins, handkerchiefs and other crafts; Yorkville Olive Oil - Extra Virgin Olive Oil in both the 375 ml and 750 ml bottles.

Mendocino County Today: January 3, 2014

SO YOU THINK IT’S BEEN DRY & COLD by Ken Montgomery, Anderson Valley Nursery During the past twelve months (calendar year January 1 through December 31, 2013), I’ve recorded 8.5 inches of rainfall at my…

Kansas City Lightning

To me the most boring part of any biography is the beginning. You know, all that stuff about the subject’s childhood and schooling and who his parents were and what they were like and even…

Detroit (Part 1)

I’m going to meet my friend Tim in Nashville, Tennessee. He’s there on business. It’s as close as he may ever get to Detroit again. We can do geography and history between Nashville and Detroit in a day of driving — about 600 miles.

Off The Record (Jan 2, 2014)

WATER WORRIES. If winter doesn't reappear soon, inland Mendocino County, from Redwood Valley to Healdsburg, is in serious trouble. The Sonoma County Water Authority, out of necessity, and having drained Lake Mendocino, whose waters it…

The Boys From El Cerrity

High school hit me right between the eyes. Where does a freshman fit in? At the bottom of the ladder, of course. Within a student body of well over a thousand individuals, I ran smack into a social class mentality that seemed to pervade the entire experience, the elite spending their time looking down their noses at those beneath them, each class assuming a position of authority over the underclasses.

Mendocino County Today: January 2, 2014

THE AVA PRESENTS! THE BEST & THE WORST OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, 2013 ABSENTEE OF THE YEAR: Winter. Where did it go? 2013 was the driest year in Mendocino County ever. MIA OF THE YEAR. Mendocino County…

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