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Posts published in January 2023

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023

Dry | Lake Fog | Water Leak | Valley Pictures | Women's Health | Cycling Club | Outflow Increase | Navarro Beach | County Courthouse | Front Porch | Mayor Reflects | Clickbait Ad | Ed Notes | Rancheria Creek | Virtual Workshops | Poetry Benefit | AVBC VP | Yesterday's Catch | Gun Law | Coit Mural | Literacy Ditty | Ladybike | EBT Theft | Werewolf | Torn Ligament | Best Old | Regional Tragedy | Second Commuter | Tough Loss | Miners | Second Guesses | Kelce Brothers | Bad Cops | Promised Land | Against Us | Female Mummies | Ukraine | Ruin Us

Looking Back

In the late 60s I'd been living in a condemned building in San Francisco, teeming with deadbeats, which I more or less managed for Coldwell-Banker in exchange for free rent. It was at Sacramento and…

Sky River Casino

Indian casinos. Is that an oxymoron? I guess I wish it was an oxymoron. But what do I know about Indian affairs, the affairs of Indians? The Sky River Indian Casino on Highway 99 South…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Jan. 30, 2023

Cold | Frosty | Estuary Rising | Log Truck | Adventist Incentives | Gladys Chambers | Public Duty | Log Hauling | Garden Class | Long Poles | Weed Window | Spruce Bolts | Caen Friend | These Roads | Housing Workshop | Yesterday's Catch | Game Day | Hydraulic Mining | Niner Loss | Prospecting | Things Gone | Lion | Killing MLK | Horse Wagon | New Digs | Scotia Roundhouse | Buried Angels | Zap | Money Rule | Sunday Drive | Enjoying Life | Naptime | Political Violence | Bot Blame | Schiff Gang | Mendo Mill | Ukraine | Omelette Fantastique | Coffee Moon

Surviving the Doldrums

Doldrums: A state or period of inactivity, stagnation or depression. “The ‘doldrums’ is a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on…

Dying

I'm continually impressed with my peers, many of whom have moved back home to live with, care for, or be near their aging parents, or have moved them out here.  My mother had moved back…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023

Arctic Airmass | Whitecaps | Cleone Rental | E5 | Bridge Removed | Dog Adoptions | Supe Impression | AV Events | Log Raft | Huff Snub | Cross Road | Ed Notes | Klamath Railroad | PD Statement | CJ Greeting | Shocking Video | Sheep Show | Galindo Sentenced | Arcata Plaza | Dem Club | Guilty Plea | Eureka Road | License Procured | Yesterday's Catch | US Debt | Cliff House | Victor Navasky | Baseball Team | Marco Radio | Maltese Dragon | Immigrant Drivers | Boat Deck | Beast Starvation | Waiting | A.I. | Corinne Griffith | Viewing Decision | Big Tree | Ukraine | Wolves

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