When Billie Holiday, whose real name was Eleonora, was born on April 7, 1915, her mother was 13 years old, and her father was still a kid in short pants who kicked cans down the street. It happened in Baltimore, a city then famous for its rats. Her mother split for New York where she scrubbed stairs; her father joined a jazz band and disappeared.
Posts published in June 2015
Transparency has become a buzzword to serve the purposes of politicians or those who oppose them. In Fort Bragg, California, it is one of the rallying cries of citizens seeking the ouster of the mayor…
TUESDAY NIGHT'S MEETING of the Fort Bragg City Council featured a parade of speakers swearing allegiance to mayor Dave Turner and urging each other to urge their fellow Fort Bragg residents not to sign recall…
Jose Flores;
SF Rent;
Public Info;
Killing OBL;
Where's Ortner;
Male Intellectual;
Fed Raid;
Seismic Activity;
Bobblehead Council;
Gender Fears;
FBI Surveillance;
Walmart Shoplifters;
Birkenstock Burlesque;
Hendy Upgrades;
KZYX Equipment;
Wage Needed;
PA Airforce;
Carnival Ride;
Rowley Interview;
Pipes Instead;
Great Nations;
Hopland Planning;
Kuehn Reading
Driving Drunks;
Ernesto's Service;
Livable Towns;
Divisiveness;
Pumps Pumping;
Mendo Matriarchy;
Corporate State;
Catch of the Day;
Cop Cameras;
Growth Limits;
Hayez;
President Sanders;
Navarro Inn Day;
Teen Readers;
4th Dimension;
Why Pay;
Castro's Painkillers
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A full day of events at the historic Captain Fletcher's Inn (ca 1865) on Saturday, June 6 culminates with live musical performances by three local groups. Dinner will be served starting at 5PM and music…