In the 1970s, young journeyers from urban and suburban America seeking to reinvent themselves in rural environs began moving to Mendocino County digging in and working to gain the skills they would need to thrive in this new home. They built lives and raised families. Eventually, of course, this phenomenon became known as the Back to the Land Movement. Roughly speaking we are now at the 50th anniversary of the beginning of that wave.
Posts published in November 2018
Soccer Champs;
River Level;
Unsettled Weather;
Pet Adoptions;
B Material;
Toy Drive;
Monopoly Mike;
Little Dog;
Ed Notes;
Yesterday's Catch;
Sweeping Genius;
Cheapskate;
Pop-ups;
Rat Reform;
Amen;
Prop 57;
Library Events;
Wrong Direction;
Ceramics Sale;
Malheur Enterprise;
Steelhead Effort;
Fred Trump;
Perverse Priorities;
Market Value
You certainly don’t need me telling you that the past three years of these prodigiously destructive wildfires are unprecedented chapters in California history. The last week has seen a series of one ominous event after…
Here, along the Albion River, we are getting some much needed rain. A hard rain often sends our cattle uphill. Unfortunately, some of the current herd don't have sense enough to stay close to the…
A Humbolt County staff report states that sea level rise is “a significant threat to every aspect of life on the North Coast” but opinions on how to react to it are divided. Based on…
When Ron Edwards described Mendo County's cockamamie marijuana policy problems as the “Curse of the Ad Hoc” at the Supes’ Special Cannabis meeting last Thursday, Edwards' frustration was obvious.
ROBERT MARBUT is famous among municipalities large and small for evaluating their homeless populations and prescribing specific steps to get people housed. Mendocino County hired Marbut to investigate Mendo homeless strategies. Back on March 15th,…