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Posts published in January 2023

On the Road Without Jack, 2011

While I’m driving back from the coast to 128, my mind (what’s left of it) is in free fall, landing occasionally on fertile ground where…

The Palace

I read with bemusement the recent article by Mike Geniella (Dec 28, AVA) about the latest vision for the dilapidated Palace Hotel by the young…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023

Winds | Stroll | Health Menace | Ocean Tow | AVUSD Update | Mosswood Pilar | Flying Blind | Peeping Cole | Windsor Dream | Visible Comet | Weed BnB | Yesterday's Catch | SMART Predictions | Trinidad Dock | Marco Radio | Chemical Dependence | Failing Healthcare | Dead Day | Prognostication Difficult | Hindu Theater | Morally Indefensible | Ukraine | Glasgow Kids | This Week | Pyramid | Bon Voyage | Antelope Ferry | Freaky Pelosi | Bell Cleaners

The ‘Thousand Year Flood’ Of 1964

This December marks the 50th anniversary of the “Thousand Year Flood” in Northern California, which officially began on Dec. 21, 1964 — reaching its peak…

Name Dropping

A new edition of Franz Kafka's diary has just been published in English. The New Yorker review mentioned that Kafka's close friend Max Brod, who…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023

Slow Warm | Eel Bend | AVCSD Meetings | Crab Feed | Unity Club | Rope Ladder | Pathetic Hustle | Dog Deal | Suspect Custody | Work Crew | Wildlife Program | Horrible Healthcare | Pomo Webinar | Wintry Thoughts | Downtown Arcata | Credit Marty | Target Employ | Bales' Focus | Ranch Hands | Handyman Bob | Piano Recital | Decomposers | Opera Trip | Travel Tips | Cat Mother | Norton Ranch | Looking Back | Yesterday's Catch | Jinky | Marco Radio | Not Safe | Playoff Pick | Bear Cubs | Falling Apart | Abandoned Factory | Cheese Doodles | Davos Jerks | Road Builders | SpaceX | Ukraine | Underpass | EU Scandal | Aquarium | Cowboy Movie | Slow Night

Looking For An Ark

Quick Weather Report OK, think fast, I’m gonna throw some numbers at you. Two weeks ago on Dec. 27, our season rain total stood at…

And On The Sixth Of January…

And so it came to pass that on the sixth of January, 2023, two years after the demonstration/riot/failed coup that caused millions of dollars in…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Jan. 20, 2023

Sunny | Treefall | Lighthouse Keepers | Stormy Harbor | Covid Sites | Arcata Farm | Sinkhole Update | Pudding Skimmer | Huff Cancels | Fives | Bales Speaks | Button Gallery | Reopening Party | Help Pebbles | Old Garberville | Happily Retired | Portal Death | Annual Farce | Sinnott Talk | Laytonville Dump | Yesterday's Catch | Croz Glance | Stop Marxing | Homeless Problem | Bullwinkle Tracks | Wine Forecast | Watching | Country Folk | Mercenary Lunch | Substitute Teachers | Train Crossing | Union Busting | Debtor's Prison | Nuclear Stone | Moonshine | Putin=Hitler | Debt Ceiling | Ukraine | Alien Visit | Mountain Home | Hunter

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