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Posts published in August 2021

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Cooler Temps | 124 New Cases | 58th Death | Smoky Light | Doug Elliot | Produce Exchange | Another THP | 1885 Locomotive | Ed Notes | Volleyball Match | Planning Commission | Yesterday's Catch | Healdsburg Development | Free Speech | Otter Photos | Disinformation Story | PA School | Stranded Americans | Faith Unmasked | Education Dilemma | Texan Safety | Afghan Costs | Messy Retreat | Teddy & John | Comments | War Aged | Cuomo Ouster | Top Prospects | Nominee Rahm | Oil Derrick | Dog Me

Free Range Pigs

We try to take Sundays off at our Hoosier farmhouse, and not even open the roadside stand along State Road 135 in the village of…

Mendocino’s Great Lady of Horticulture

Charlotte Hoak grew up in the wilds of Comptche, born in 1874 on ranch land that had formerly been under the jurisdiction of the local…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, August 23, 2021

Pleasant Weather | 57th Death | Snowless Shasta | Weed/Water/Fire | Join Us | Ristorante Closing | Homeless Sparks | Drive-thru Fire | Spangled Supervisor | Agenda Notes | Mendo Water | Found Dead | Love Bite | Al Weger | Ed Notes | Future Vision | Wonderful/Dismal | Tanoak Park | Lake Sonoma | Yesterday's Catch | Fed Students | Vaccine Freedoms | Fox Headline | Downton Tabby | Clearlake Refugees | Kitty Trim | Frenchy Cannoli | Diet Talk | Covid Frontline | William Whipple | Rejected Invaders | Jack Hirschman | Wash Like | Bad Recall

Shropshire In New York

An early August road trip heading east from the city of Ithaca across New York State promises calm, pastoral progress.  With farming in steep decline…

$1500 Pig’s Feet

My wife and I are both great supporters of the Junior Livestock Auctions held at local fairs. Recently we attended the pig auction at the…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, August 22, 2021

Pleasant Weather | Streetscape Update | Wells Failing | Picnic Concert | Farm Report | Pet Alice | Garden Workshop | Flicker Time | Shark Bit | Masonic Interior | Ed Notes | Blue Moon | Yesterday's Catch | Forests Closed | Electric Conundrum | Agrarian Cassandra | War Economy | Country Store | Code Red | Zohnerism | Rotten Edifice | Mendo 1934 | Unfair Recall | Mendo 1882 | Divine Garlic | Arboreal Handoff | Escalating Violence | Ashamed | Camp Piercy | Fire Water | Henri Landfall

The Subprime of Ms. Jane Brody

We are coming up on the 25th anniversary of the Election Day on which California voters legalized marijuana for medical use. Expect a wave of…

Ravens Join the Healing Parade

Two swallowtail butterflies are again fluttering in my backyard, bringing me cheer for about the 20th year in a row. It remains a mystery whether…

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