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Posts published in March 2022

Valley People (March 16, 2022)

PHILIP THOMAS: The Anderson Valley School Board has placed a school renovation bond, Measure M, on the June 7 ballot. The elementary school, built in 1948 and the High School, built in 1957, have served…

Healthcare Staffing Shortages Remain a Challenge

On October 4th, I reported on the national shortage of healthcare workers and how this affects us locally.  Six months ago, when I wrote about it, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that there…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Lingering Showers | 16 New Cases | Ukraine Updates | Televised Protest | Tribal Rally | Navarro Mill | Winery Job | Variety Show | Restaurant Week | Pi Day | Basket Making | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Military Madness | Setting Sail | Destroying Inheritance | Angry Bees | NATO Caution | War Victims | Class Warfare | Family Carriage | Chinese Stocks | Chinatown Photos | Alt Whereas | Wedger Mill | Empty Fellow | NATO Lifeguard | Mendo Welcome | Trestle Builders

Going Home

In these turbulent times it is good to go “home,” even if for just a short visit. Almost 20 years have passed since I lived in a place our family always called “the Crofoot house.”…

Eating Out In Mendocino County

A collection of online comments… [1] I recently ordered food to go from the website. Once I got home I questioned the amount I was charged. The order would have come to $39 plus tax,…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, March 14, 2022

Rain Tonight | Flag Ceremony | Kozak Kin | Pomo Rally | Peace Negotiations | Picnickers | Moving Ferns | Time Confusion | Stagecoach Stunt | Schools News | Bear Cam | Wave | Driving Around | Berserk Blanton | Phone Runaround | Drug Problem | Beauty Cat | Housing Ideas | Reenactors | Magdaleno Settlement | Police Reports | Yesterday's Catch | Ukraine Complexities | Old Italy | Dostoevsky Drama | Barr Book | Doublethunk | Alma's Wheels | Pig Pen | Transportation | NCRA Eulogy | Coming Never | Let's Talk | Fund Me | Past Predictions | Sharing | Flow Adler | Atomic Dummies | Russian Koch | Solidarity | Coast Dems | Behatted | Lay Down | Willow

Ripped Van Winkle

Ripped Van Winkle strolling through the hills Known for herb the local pub distills Decided he would just step in and hoist a glass With some conscious members of the peasant class The barkeep was Peter Van DamRecently…

Homecoming (1998)

To my mother I said, “I asked you, told you more than twice, please Mom, no ‘welcome home’ party, please,” but she stared at me and smiled and said, “This isn’t a party. It’s a…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, March 13, 2022

Between Drops | Stolen Hour | Day 18 | Road Cleanup | Macdonald Book | JDSF Review | Donated Vests | Red Larkspur | Reopening Chambers | Pet Adoptions | RCS Money | Ukiah Farmers | V History | Pomo Painting | Schmitt Family | County Management | Soldiers | Ed Notes | Bomb Shelter | Village Gathering | Saying Gay | Rail to Trail | Yesterday's Catch | Boycott Effects | Mass Extinction | Rules | Madness | NATO | Dear Marilyn | Laptop Harassment | Back Worse | Mendo 1883 | Marco Radio | Mendo 1903 | Farmer Direct | Mendo 1916 | Pacemaking | Back Cat | CA Wolves | Children's Dance

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