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Posts published in April 2015

Joe Regelski Made Me Cry

No, he didn’t hurt me or make me cry on purpose, or even know who I was or that I cried. He was just giving…

Afraid of Silence

I pruned trees for a woman in Berkeley who always had her television on. Loud. She would invite me in after I was done with my work, serve me lemonade, and write me a check while soap opera actors on her gigantic television screen emoted and spoke to each other as no humans have ever spoken to each other except in soap operas and bad plays.

Drinking

I had no idea that Nellie was an alcoholic. One night I woke up and noticed she wasn't in the bed; I went downstairs and…

Good Cows Go to Jenny’s

I doubt that I'm the first person to wonder where it is they're coming from, when the cows come home; you don't see a lot…

Mendocino County Today: Thursday, Apr 23, 2015

Supervisors' Meeting;
Cliff Casualty;
Smoking Ban;
Lake Mendocino Level;
Ceja Acquitted;
George Guilty;
New AVHC Director;
PG&E Burgled;
Open Gardens;
Hope Fest;
Catch of the Day;
Minnaloushe;
KZYX Planning;
Worst Job;
Caltrans Reports;
Governor's Promise

Bird’s Eye View (Apr 22, 2015)

A couple of insightful observations made at the Historical Society’s Roundtable discussion based on life here in the Valley during the 1970s each resonated with a number of 3-Dot regulars. One was that back then many outsiders coming in to make a new life here found that they needed to work together with the residents for everyone to make a living; in the last couple of decades this has not necessarily been the case and we have witnessed many instances where the influx of people have set up businesses of their own and perhaps relationships with many local folks has not been the same.

Regarding: MRC’s Hack & Squirt

This informational memo for the Community Services District board is to help provide an overview of the current debate over "hack and squirt" on Mendocino…

Letters (Apr 22, 2015)

It is with great distress that the Anderson Valley Unity Club writes to you about the loss of resident deputy service to our valley. We wish to request your aid in rectifying this impossible public crisis.

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