I moved to Sacramento in 1980. I was 31 and experiencing a bit of success with my writing. I bought a piano and an old house in a quiet neighborhood and thus began my fifteen-year residency in that river town. I still own the piano and play her every day.
Posts published in July 2016
It was one of those days. No, not one of those. Those are spoken of, and occur, often enough that we may as well just refer to them as “days.” I may have even mentioned…
Mischievous Hendrik Hertzberg emailed, “Have you seen my friend Clara Bingham’s oral history of 1969-70? Jane Fonda talks about you in it. Curious about your reaction.” It was too bad, he added, that Bingham hadn’t…
There was no way I was qualified to take over the position of Bilingual Resource Room teacher. I had no training in special education. None. However, I was sick of my incompetent ESL supervisor, Mrs.…
Dan Kuny went to work in the woods as a high school kid, and he's been out there ever since. A Mendocino County native, Kuny, 61, is well known throughout the County, both as a…
Facility Costs;
Highway Fatality;
Mr Jerko;
Tripping;
Trespassing;
Protesting;
Convention Coverage;
Anarchy Reference;
Recent Catches;
Lincoln's Card;
Melania's Speech;
Socialist Vote;
Teen Lock-in;
Job Fair;
Police Interaction;
Economic Insecurity;
Leslie Dream
James Allen Norton was enjoying himself immensely at the Evergreen Village shopping center in Willits on June 28th as he strolled through the parking lot slashing the tires of parked cars, chortling at each slash,…