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Posts published in August 2016

Off the Record (Aug 24, 2016)

THERE are still lots of people driving around with Bernie bumperstickers. The most annoying ones say, "Billionaires Can't Buy Bernie." They don't need to. The oligarchs already own both parties, and even if they didn't own Bernie he announced at the Convention that he was for sale. Cheap.

Valley People (Aug 24, 2016)

INTRIGUING photo of an elk near Elk in the Galletti's even more intriguing purple wheat field. I thought elk were herded up much farther north, like on the Lost Coast and a few around Laytonville. The photo of course appeared on the essential and always eclectic Facebook newspaper page published seemingly round-the-clock by the indefatigable Mr. McCarthy.

Waveland Avenue

Of course I couldn't wait. Waveland Avenue. Of course it's the street outside the left-field wall of Wrigley Field, Chicago. I'd been doing some Frank Lloyd Wright, some Hemingway, in Chicago and some Buddy Holly…

Bird’s Eye View (Aug 24, 2016)

Here in AV we arguably have more than our fair share of kind and thoughtful people. One of these is someone whom I regard as almost heroic when it comes to caring for animals in need.

Panther Soccer (Aug 24, 2016)

The 2016 Boys’ Football season began last Friday, August 19th with an away game at Willits High School. Due to a number of understandable, and not so understandable, reasons the team traveled to the game…

Olympic Jam Sessions

Music was arguably more crucial at the ancient Olympic games than at the globalized modern ones, where it not only buttresses big ritualistic moments—the opening ceremonies, the doling out of medals—but insinuates itself into the…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Aug 23, 2016

Landmark Trees;
Room w/Terwilliger;
Kindles & Cockroaches;
Different Horns;
Evalue;
Marijuana Industry;
Sneaky Ray;
1938 Shipwreck;
Yesterday's Catch;
Take Anything;
Tragic Leaders;
Retirement Story;
$5,000 per Minute;
SF Ballpark;
Body Shaming;
America's Hairball;
Library Events

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