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Posts published in August 2021

Butt Washers & Other War Stories

I pinched another one out of my motorcycle seat recently after I made a right turn, and afterwards failed to cancel my non-self-cancelling turn indicator.…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, August 8, 2021

Slightly Milder | Tom Cahill | $300 Rabbits | Gathering Canceled | Cactus Flower | BBQ Canceled | PG&E Firestarter | Repent Ye | Water Curtailments | Wine Brick | Algal Mats | Vertiginous | Pet Blaze | Comptche PO | Reno Rodeo | Ukiah 1933 | Curtailment List | Delta Dining | Coastal Water | Table Scraps | Deputy CEOs | Constant Criticism | Yesterday's Catch | Jesus Reminder | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Riding Shotgun | Glen Ford | Painted Mask | Growing Old | Interest Free | Disturbed Minds | Child Allergy | Covid Response | Isms | Completely Symbolic | Summer Day | Collective Suicide | Key Opened

Hounds & Hogs, Men & Truffles

Among the most alluring of cross-species collaborations is truffle hunting, a pursuit that brings dog—or, more rarely these days, pig—together with man. Women, it seems,…

Pacification

The pacifiers were sold one to a package. I asked for a dozen—maybe $20 worth back then. “That's a lot,” the clerk said. “You don't…

Attention & Other Stories

It's all about attention: we all want it, we all need it, so how we gonna get it? There is a finite amount and social…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, August 7, 2021

Warm Again | Another Death | River View | Water Emergency | Free Concert | River Cleanup | Schoolbus | Crisis Log | Albion 1950 | Silly Disputes | Italian Grocery | Healdsburg Bakery | Bobcat | Referendum Bad | Larson Inn | Gun Brandishing | 1904 Stipps | Ed Notes | Opera House | Special Meeting | Streetscape Update | Yesterday's Catch | Ukiah High | Welcome Pyrocene | Sultan Says | Apple Lilac | Mummy Sale | New Path | Stengal Success | Common Sense | Covelo Cows | Raising Pigs

Brotherly Love

As an adult, the smartest thing my mentally ill and drug-addicted brother did was to move to the City and County of San Francisco. I…

Richard (Rich) Arnold Johnson

A resident of Novato, Richard Arnold Johnson died of kidney failure on July 22nd. Born in San Francisco on December 26th, 1939, Richard moved to…

Old Town’s Not The Same

That’s the name of a song which reminds me of Ukiah. I needed to visit an appliance store on the north end of town. When…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, August 6, 2021

Warm | 36 New Cases | Vax & Test | Sally Gearhart | Barn Sale | Rich Padula | Mendo Outbreak | Immunization Registry | Sunflowers | JDSF Balance | Haiku Walk | Lange Talk | Water Curtailments | Buffalo Bill | Bearproofing | Record Drought | Cannachat | Grant Workshops | Philo Farm | Produce Exchange | Foil Wrap | Crop Drop | Undercover K9s | Ed Notes | Undercover Cop | General Government | Ammo Love | 5 Felonies | Yesterday's Catch | Carpool Lanes | Zoomerang | Louis Firetail | Political Extremes | Last Claim | Redtail Hawk | Recall Election | Frikkin Love | Mexico Sues | Shareholders First | Tethered | Small Skulls | Republicans Bad | Autograph | Nuclear Bailout | Sacto Salmon | Suffrage Parade | Useless Parties | Trapeze Swinger

Local Angles

Last week Willits made the front page of the AVA and the obituary section of the New York Times, where the death of Sally Miller Gearhart  was acknowledged. The…

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