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Posts published in April 2023

Some Very Satisfying Pizza: A Tribute

Eons ago, in something like the mid-to-late 1990s, there was a period where there was no official place to get a hot dinner out in our little coastal Marin town. The local cafe hadn’t opened…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, April 3, 2023

Breezy | Luke Breit Memorial | Lee Joaquin Wanted | Rooster | FFA Representatives | AV Events | Grange Events | Gulls | Pot Czarina/Records Ordinance | Disaster Benefit | Better Jail | Springtime | Measure V | Yesterday's Catch | Weedia Coverage | Safety Net | Female Curry | Yankee Sky | Passover Myth | Shade Crops | Tulare Lake | Water Carriers | The Man | Mickeyangelo | Ukraine | Julia Child | Bari Debate | Grandalas

Donald Pardini Remembers His Navarro Childhood

One drizzly afternoon last week I sat around his dining room table with Donald Pardini and son Ernie and listened to Don’s recollections of his early childhood in post-milltown Navarro. What stories and what power…

Gardens & Gardeners

Every garden has at least one thing in common with every other garden – in the beginning they are all just a dream. Sometimes it’s a small dream like spelling out the name of your…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Showers | Juan Alarcón | Rainfall Totals | Polypores | Abandoned RV | Spanish Classes | School Events | Hopland Hills | Book Sale | Clothing Swap | Nothing Underway | New Biz | John Duffy | iPhone Trainer | Little League | Animal Abusers | Pet Bill | Ed Notes | Columbi's Market | Help Pebbles | Princess Charter | Big Shark | Greenwood Bridge | Bluegrass Concert | Daffodils | Foiled Jailbreak | Yesterday's Catch | Republican Party | EV Pickup | Bonfire | Held Hostage | Accepting Money | Libraries | Marco Radio | Further Bus | Awful Person | Kids/Guns | Ukraine | Legal Things | Shake Them | Trump Problem | Deadwood

The Organic Lunch Lady Of Little Lake Road

On her first day as the new cafeteria assistant with the Mendocino Unified School District, Diane Price attended a staff meeting where she heard a welcome address by Ken Matheson, the superintendent, now long since…

John & Rita Jenrette

Even in his own obituary, John Jenrette had to yield the spotlight to lovely Rita, his devoted wife from long ago. The Times’ account began, “John Jenrette Jr., a charismatic Democratic Representative from South Carolina who…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, April 1, 2023

Showers | Blossoms | Philo Felines | Shooting Update | Mushroomer Found | Bridge Upgrade | Randomonium | AVUSD News | Bottled Coca | CSD Agenda | Village Newsletter | Coon Poll | Baird Benefit | MCOE Hacked | Top Mark | Ed Notes | Once Reviewed | Inn Sold | Jarvis & Nichols | Public Transportation | Monetize Me | Yesterday's Catch | Bioneers | Cool Air | Comfy Lives | Thin Skinned | Mad Names | Marco Radio | Headline Candy | Cheating Hubby | Trump Case | Presidential Suite | 2024 Election | Flickering Light | America Saved | Disinfo Complex | Bathroom Key | Pure Apartheid | Trumpgasm | Modern David | Ukraine | Bell Tolls

I Return An Augur

Absent much of the past couple years, I too late realized I’d never taken full advantage of employment opportunities while in Mendocino County. The mistake was trying to fit my squaresville employment existence into the…

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