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Posts published in December 2022

Cannabis Paired With Kyiv

Ukraine is still leading in column inches per day, but Cannabis is coming up on the rail in the New York Times coverage derby. Some recent stories: “Weed on the High-End Menu” by Robert Simonson…

Misspent Years, Squandered Lives

Suppose you were living in Mendocino County in 1972 and suppose that, being young and idealistic, you wanted your life to have meaning. You wanted to devote yourself to a Cause. Plenty of options: You…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022

Rain | Elk Break-In | Yorkville Accident | Clothes Drive | AV Events | Classic Results | Russian River | Firewood/Work | FBPD Grub | Landline Help | Nils Sjolund | Jennifer Stone | Forest Roads | Ed Notes | Blueberry/Twix | Jail Request | Gealey Art | Ukiah Fever | Albion Lady | Funny Guy | Yesterday's Catch | CryptoNothing | King Feigner | Marco Radio | Bridgehaven 1984 | Yard Signs | Hollywood | Mound Care | Prison Disaster | Suffering | Edgy | Packards | Rail Workers | Pit Road | Strikebusting DLC | Twisty Limbs | Fernandomania | Hemingwine | Snowbound | Sense Impressions | Birthday Engels | Ukraine | Artificial Limbs | Sane Voice | Boar Hunt

Westport Wows

How many residents of Anderson Valley have ventured farther north than Fort Bragg on Highway 1? If you have not gone farther north, here are some reasons to go. About 14 miles from Fort Bragg,…

Thanksgiving Serenade

Thanksgiving was born of war: first, colonial conquest masquerading as concord, then a means to bind the nation in the midst of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation on October 3rd, 1863,…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022

Windy Wet | Clouds | Holiday Bazaar | Light Parade | Craft Fair | Noyo Harbor | Che Greenwood | Can Count | Food Drive | PG&E Bill | Games Day | Redwood Classic | Chile Flakes | Day 2 | Woodworker Soria | Mendocino Refuge | Redwood | Sutherland's Garage | Agenda Notes | Paris Quartet | Mo Update | Yesterday's Catch | Gewurtz Juice | Liberation League | Xeriscape | Dope Chat | Bed In | Assault Weapons | Cazadero Station | Obstacle Course | Jack Johnson | Labor Betrayed | Reparations | Land Prices | Marco Radio | Jenner Ferry | Truth War | My Bit | Munk Debate | Fuegl Dam | Basebrawl | Spinach Salad | Isaiah Saith | May Day | Ukraine | Train Station | Greatest Evil | Bookhole | Wrong Size | Sailing

Clearing Smoke Off The Great Redwood Trail

You Tube, June 1, 2022. A handsome, middle-aged man speaks quickly in televangelist, political-speak. He’s energized and has a slightly raspy voice much like the governor of our state. Quote the energized man: “We have…

Changes

"Where do you run?" The question was propounded by the editor of one of San Francisco's most distinguished underground newspapers, and as I struggled to sort out the language, he amplified: "I mean, where is…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Dec. 2, 2022

Clear Cold | Holiday Bazaar | Navarro Watch | Barn Sale | Rainfall Totals | Railroad Bridge | Seeking Rental | Illiterate Structure | Redwood Classic | Guerneville Train | Mary Korte | Sunday 1926 | ICO Nonprofit | Eel Crossing | Rental Needed | Romaine Salad | Ogawa Check | Beekeepers Journal | Weed Remediation | Alton Junction | 1983 War | Yesterday's Catch | Ballgirl Debbie | Nothing Incredible | Book Event | Burners | Log Train | Fall Color | Costly Punch | Gaylord Perry | Lager | Widespread Misery | Fresno Exhibition | President Pinocchio | Hitting Reds | All Fake | Corner Evolution | Both Parties | Eight Hours | Ukraine | FutureMobile | Reading Proust | Art & Beauty

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