Frigid Mornings;
Firing Squad;
Post Offices;
Bye-bye Mattress;
Yesterday's Catch;
O'Malley Rally;
MCB Gardens Events;
M5 Closed;
Priorities;
Yazzle Dazzled;
Important Test;
The Nothing;
Warrant Wednesday;
Favorite Book;
Credit Rating;
Ukiah Friday;
New Year Doggerel
Posts published in “Day: December 30, 2015”
Just got the annual news from Social Security about how much they will be sending me each month in 2016. Last year, they upped me from 565 dollars to 575, not much of an increase, but this year the powers that be have declared: there was no increase in the cost of living in 2015. Thus zero increase in Social Security for me, though my Medicare payment is going up, so actually less money for me.
John Ross was a man who lived as he chose and wrote it as he damned well pleased. A reporter with a cause in the time-honored leftwing American tradition of John Reed and I.F. Stone, Ross chose to live most of his life in Mexico in a kind of exile from his native United States.
The preseason has come to an end for the AV Boys teams. Based on those preseason games that we've seen it looks to be a…
When the zombie apocalypse arrives — and you may rest assured that it will, do not delude yourself on that score — I'm going to…
Poet Robert Bly, now 89 years old, is a radical, by which I mean he returns to the roots. Haydn Reiss has captured him in…
It’s little wonder that Thanksgiving and Christmas are the number one and two movie-going days of the year. The reason for this burst of cinematic…
On the issue of the airport Timber Harvest Plan (THP, non industrial) it seems that folks the likes of Roger Sternberg, and Kendall Smith (unrelated to the airport) keep on going with their over the top costs and charges, based upon their own agendas. They may not be at fault in the big picture to have all of us pay their way; it is up to management (in this case, perhaps someone from or appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Low Temps;
Weather Shelter;
Voting Vows;
Minimum Wage;
Gopher Repellent;
Corporate Logos;
Yesterday's Catch;
Handcuffs Again;
Water-use Forms;
Burglars Busted;
Marijuana Regulation;
Fish Count;
Who Cares;
Cookbook Club;
Craig Ready
At the December 15 Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Dan Hamburg raised a question during the review of the first quarter budget presentation: Hamburg: “When…
Much of the abundance of Pacific Northwest forests, meadows, and waterways is due to the region's fisheries. Salmon, for example, are crucial to the health…