Posts published in May 2015
Encroaching Wineries;
Doctors Without Sleep;
Pickup Mystery;
Comptche Bust;
Female DNA;
Navarro Sandbar;
Yesterday's Catch;
Ipanema Girl;
Vaccine Bill;
Bibi's Government;
Obama TPP;
Eel Salmon;
KMUD Meeting;
Auto Safety;
Mendocino Fiesta;
Box Making;
Spiritual Surrender;
PA Agenda;
Motion to Amend
Scattered Showers;
Coast Hospital;
Brown Challenged;
Loretta's Progress;
Wine Moguls;
Bullet-riddled Vehicle;
Homeless Stabbing;
Modern Execution;
Yesterday's Catch;
The Boxer;
Suddenly, Baltimore;
Family Medicine;
SNAP Farmers;
Film Festival;
More Plants;
DC Campout;
Airbnb Loophole;
That's Us;
Asphalt Lawsuit;
Electric Stations;
Wine Events
For fascinating listening there is “The Great Influenza” by John Barry. It’s available from the County Library and provides hours of informative material on a…
For quite a few years, I too hand-picked the snails and slugs from my ravaged plants, rewarding myself with the modest satisfaction of taking them next door to my neighbor's house and feeding them to his chickens. The gastronomic frenzy induced in the average flock by the arrival of a few dozen fresh snails is something to behold. If you've ever wondered where the earth's dinosaurs really went, you need search no further: all they did was get a bit smaller and grow feathers.
Her name was Cocoa. She spelled it like the beverage, not Jane Goodall’s gorilla. She looked Ethiopian with her cafe con leche complexion, high cheekbones, and yellowish brown eyes—most of the women at the party were Ethiopian. However, Cocoa was from Senegal. She had the poise and the figure of a young woman in her early 20s. He was stunned to discover she was seventeen—the same age as the high school seniors to whom he taught biology.
Good friends Don and Misty are coming up to Bieber for a few April days before we road trip north together. Don is Portuguese and…
LORETTA HOUCK remains in serious but stable condition at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital after suffering a terrible injury to her head in an accident two…
A friend recently sent me a link to a short movie about a high school art teacher in St. Paul Minnesota whose students are recent arrivals from other countries, refugees from military conflicts. Many of the students barely speak English, so this teacher has devised fun and creative ways to explore color theory without needing much language for the learning.