A measure of a civilized society is how well it treats those unable to treat themselves.
Posts published in November 2015
It is inevitable that there will be another wildfire. It is part of the redwood ecology. As with the 2008 Lightning Complex fires, it will be high intensity and difficult to fight. Decades of overcutting and fire suppression have resulted in proliferation of forest fuels.
Girl Grabbed;
Willits Water;
Asha Missing;
Palace Mediation;
Deadtrees Emergency;
HRC Biomass;
Annotated Charlie;
Yesterday's Catch;
Sneaky Dietz;
Hopland Rockthrower;
The Box;
River Cleanup;
College Marketing;
Glenna Blake;
FB Water;
Oil Money;
The Ritz;
Rural Divide;
Mortality Meeting;
Volleyball Match;
Not Quite;
Hell's Diner
Eureka rots with addiction. Under every rock, behind every edifice, in almost every bush, is the shivering, hungry, sweat-stained son or daughter of good people. Often, they’ve stolen from you, rifled through your garbage for…
It is autumn of 2015 in Sonoma County. Amidst the vibrant colors of grape leaves and pumpkins is the reality of glaring news headlines. These greet us daily with tragic stories of the latest mass…
I was grumpy on the way to Garberville. "Garberville sounds like a stupid name, anyway. What the hell does it even mean?" I groused. "I'm just guessing, but maybe there was a person named Garber…
In 1976 I was in New York when the play Comedians by the British playwright Trevor Griffiths opened on Broadway. I was so inspired by the play—I saw it twice—that when I returned to Oregon, I quit my job as a landscaper and moved to Seattle to concentrate on writing plays and trying to get them produced.
The California Growers Association held a free community workshop Saturday, Oct. 24, to explain the complex web of permits, licenses and regulations in the state’s new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, signed into law…