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Posts published in June 2015

Pinoleville’s Pot Farm

Heads have been turning and phones have been ringing all weekend, as casual passers-by, cannabis farmers and concerned citizens attempted to discern what they were seeing on a two-acre parcel visible from US 101, just north of Ukiah.

Valley People (Jun 10, 2015)

LORETTA, THE GOOD NEWS. Loretta Houck suffered a terrible head injury in an accident last month. She has been hospitalized ever since. Loretta's husband, W. Dan Houck writes Sunday, "I saw my wife today. And…

Pilgrimages

On June 10, 1881, a fifty-two year old count draped himself in the garb of a peasant and set off down a dust covered, rutted road. The count had been in something of a spiritual…

The Stony Lonesome: Primary Purpose

Ever since I first discovered meth in 1981 — no, that's not right. I believe I should correctly say that since Meth, out on its voyages of discovery and exploration in seeking to establish hegemony…

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Jun 10, 2015

Exciting Evening;
PV Tragedy;
Bad Bid;
Police Reports;
Dead Fish;
Dateline Ukiah;
Ironic Tyranny;
Venditte;
Monday Fires;
Embracing Digital;
1975 Basketball;
Bruce Gender;
Raiding Oakland;
Yesterday's Catch;
Good Lookin';
TPP Bad;
Dark Ages;
Written Words;
Cancer Symptoms;
KZYX Inspection

Late Spring

Nature brought us a treat two weeks ago, a young doe, resident to these woods we own a small part of, sauntered by the north-facing windows followed by two tiny fawns, their smallness amplifying their cuteness. Since then, the doe and her fawns have returned several times, the two babies larger each time, their movements ever more graceful and assured.

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