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Posts published in December 2015

Dogs & Cats

Myra Eberhardt is a self-avowed cat person—the kind of cat person who finds dogs and most of their people wanting in grace and civility. A stickler for neatness and punctuality, always up-to-date on the latest…

Red Roaster Roosters

Roosters crow almost 24/7, building from the pre-dawn hours into a crescendo at sunrise. We got too many cocks, not enough hens. One gallo is usually able to service about 13 guillinas every day, but…

Fishing The Navarro River 

An interview of Francis (Frank) Ray & Geneva Linn Ray by Hillary Adams at their home ranch on Navarro Ridge Road west of the Grange, May 29, 1995  [Comments in brackets by Hillary Adams] Frank: My grandparents came…

Panderings & Missteps

The current clan occupying the English throne came to it not through military conquest but the generally less trying expedient of marriage. The route laid out by this marital union was circuitous: two generations after…

An AV Kid Grows Up

Sitting here tonight, I am remembering a man of great vision, compassion and an entrepreneurial drive that transformed your community. This visionary developed a keen ability to build teams and connections that enlightened, informed and produced results for the common good. That man, Homer Mannix, as well as his wife Bea, and son Joe and daughter Sue. As I tell you this story, I want to frame it with why I was in Philo, and how my relationship with Homer developed.

Mendocino County Today: Wednesday, Dec 23, 2015

Winter Weather;
172 Proposition;
Stoen's Sins;
Water Complaints;
Flu Immunizations;
JDSF Openings;
Catch of the Day;
Chow's Story;
External Enemies;
Space Movies;
MJ in NYC;
Capital Collapse;
Mendo Vacancies;
Delusion Banquet

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