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Posts published in March 2015

Cyber Romance

And so ends my experience with the online personals: I must've contacted at least 150 women from all over the West Coast in their 40's and I don't know if its my location, age, looks,…

Road Trip Time Again

I smoke marijuana (medical), drink Russian vodka (political, Go Vlad!) and take two pills from Big Pharma every morning to address my lifelong hypertension. When I was enlisting in the National Guard at 17 they…

Hauling Lumber

According to legend, my mother's dad whistled like a pro. Supposedly as he tinkered around the farm, he taught Jazz tunes to the mockingbird that followed him from job to job, entertaining from a lofty…

Mapping the Albion

The Albion River and its close environs bears little resemblance to its appearance when I was a boy. Then you could walk or drive unimpeded up Allan's Gulch to the southeast of this house. Just…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Mar 19, 2015

Russian River Documentary;
Chief Lizarraga;
Chief Jones;
Who Dat?;
Durst Connection;
Stop the Mall;
Newspaper Conglomerate;
Fedco Seeds;
Stolen Vehicles;
Abalone Poachers;
Catch o'the Day;
Middle Class;
Tower of Song;
Postal Alliance;
Borland's Decision;
Idiot Radio;
Blommers;
Science Awards;
Answer

The Marriage Of Alex Cabarga

When I arrive at Soledad State Prison the first person I meet is the mother of the groom. She comes forward in the bright sunlight beside the squat building, the Visitors Receiving Center. “Hi, I'm Diane,…

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