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Posts published in April 2014

Mendocino County Today: Friday, April 11, 2014

Murder Trial Stays;
Bus Accident;
Property Abatements;
Ersatzbier;
Where is Colin?;
Considerate Thieves;
Our New Byzantium;
Annoying Math Teacher;
CEO Gets Mixed Signals;
Occupy's Manifesto;
Here In This Spring;
A Great & Glorious Game;
Police Reports

DRIPS: Free Workshops on Rainwater Conservation

Mendocino County Resource Conservation District and Mendocino College team up with local water experts for practical solutions to drought Ukiah — Have you been wondering…

Prison Tornadoes

We can't see the city of Decatur from inside this prison, but at 9:30pm, we hear the city's sirens wailing in the distance, alarms that signal the worst disasters: floods, fires, plagues of locusts, nuclear attacks, and, of course, tornadoes.

A Second Chance—25 Years Later

A “Second Chance,” after 25 years of absence and silence, was recently offered Shepherd by Assumpta. Her email arrived from Europe to his farm. We met in Barcelona in 1988 and have had no contact during the last quarter of a century. I answered her email within 15 minutes of its sending, without thinking, but with a deep feeling of connection.

Underlying Problem

I walk to town most every day rather than drive my truck for the same reason I decided in 1967 to create a life for myself independent of automobiles, something I’ve managed to do for most of the last forty-seven years.

Samantha

On Thursday, February 14th— Valentine’s Day, about three weeks after my article, “El Úndecimo Mandamiento” appeared in The Anderson Valley Advertiser, Samantha called. It was…

Chunnel Of Love

Dear Dr. Zack, Please help me settle an argument with my girlfriend. We agree that the two sure signs of life are irritability and the…

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