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Posts published in April 2023

Pasta & Me

No, this is not an article about Italian cooking, although some historians believe pasta originated in China in the BC Era, this is about me and my dog Pasta, my travelling companion for hundreds of…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, April 22, 2023

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Please Don’t Kill Me

Last year 4,007,908 teachers toiled in our nation’s public schools, 3,197,000 of them in California. The last few years have been rough on students nationwide, what with pandemic lockdowns, distant learning, social-media saturation, and general…

The Shadow Box (Part 1)

Remember that first television appearing in your house in the early 50s?  That tiny screen in the middle of a big clunky cube? Didn’t it look like some sort of oracle in pre-prophecy slumber, an…

Quick Covid Quiz 2023

True or False: 1. Covid is still killing hundreds of Americans every day, and countless more elsewhere, as in, it’s not “over,” far from it, sorry.  2. Covid is still spreading locally with outbreaks in/from…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, April 21, 2023

Sunny | Wildflower Show | Dandelion | Help Garth | Poppies | Sales Tax | Dot Signing | Mental Hospitals | Killer Lawns | Farming Challenges | AV Brewfest | Must Sell | Women Strong | Street Value | CAMP History | Book Chat | 420 Skunk | Stolen Sisters | Boontling Classic | Meyer v Skunk | New Doctor | Artists Alley | AV Stories | Headliner Norfleet | Buck Clark | Yesterday's Catch | Cancer Cure | Favorite Photo | Missed Diagnosis | Hunger | Warriors Win | African Cherokees | Boxing Demo | Cannabis Edibles | Facebook Wall | Dem HUAC | Current Events

Wild Salmon, Can You Return To Us?

I grew up in California in a salmon fishing port. My father was a commercial, salmon fisherman, and I remember as a child that on days when the salmon were running, salmon on the fish…

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