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Posts published in April 2023

As He Lay Dying

They gathered on a cold Monday in a garden area at a Ukiah retirement home to say hello to John Duffy, and goodbye. Duffy, who went by the name “Duffy,” had been turned loose following…

Ash Wednesday (2003)

I’d been to Mexico eight, maybe nine times, not counting border towns; spots like Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo, Zihuatenejo, Oaxaca, and Cancun. I had seen the sprawling Federal District, Ciudad de Mexico, itself, only once, for…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, April 9, 2023

Warming | Trillium | Bridge Jumpers | AV Events | Little League | Loose Dogs | Garden Beds | Debra Keipp | Mushrooms | Housing Fundraiser | Puppies | Revenue Decline | Sierra Snowpack | Ed Notes | Fringe Festival | Mendocino Undercurrent | Yesterday's Catch | Ukiah Easter | Flick It | Marco Radio | Good People | Catholic Theology | Impaired Bunnies | Church Hypocrisy | No Eggs | Matzoh Message | Government Funded | Hide & Seek | Ukraine | DiMaggio Bros | Belle Ringer | Luke Easter | Lily Lady | Waffle Day | Frohliche Ostern

Donald Pardini Remembers Old Navarro (Part 2)

In 1942 Donald finished seventh grade at Navarro’s Laurel School, and began middle school, 7th to 9th grades, at Boonville’s Con Creek School, today the Anderson Valley Historical Society museum.  The bus ride from Navarro up to…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, April 8, 2023

Warming | Overlook | Grief Support | Parks Hiring | Garden Beds | Soul Firing | Tree Hugging | Cashier Position | AVUSD Update | Medicare Fraud | Mo Zo | Decal Pipe | Wild Gardens | MAC Meeting | Stoned Drivers | Gowan's Cider | Lawyer Run | Tomales Moon | Winegrowers Workshop | Montgomery Woods | Fresh Fish | Yesterday's Catch | Paul Robeson | Jim Crow | 1915 Fight | Fishing Speakers | Doing Nothing | Tenting SF | Fishery Disaster | Apache Bros | Marco Radio | Angry Griz | Starting Guns | No Bowtie | DNC Skullduggery | Travis Transcott | Hero's Journey | Betrayed | 1901 Arkansas | Ukraine | Indian Scaffold | Books/Novels | Raw Dog

Let’s Do Jail Different This Time

I remember the county jail when it was on the top floor of the courthouse, and I was on hand to watch the then-new jail installed out on Low Gap Road.  Now, surprise surprise, our…

Huelga!

Cesar Chavez's Birthday was Thursday, March 31st. As we remember the crucial movement Chavez launched, we remind persons interested in Chavez and the UFW that the best book on Chavez is Frank Bardacke's Cesar Chavez…

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