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Posts published in June 2023

Creating Our Realities

A friend was telling me about a complicated land dispute he was in the middle of and I said, “Well, we all create our own realities.” He looked at me like he wasn't buying it…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, June 4, 2023

Sunny Warm | Seniors Jump | Mystery Substance | Wild Pea | Deputy Sanchez | Teeter Clarification | Stump Flowers | Ed Notes | PO Garden | GO Chat | Split Leaf | Reparations | Yesterday's Catch | Bridge Walker | Heart Matters | Reynolds Hwy | Marco Radio | Grad Gowns | Hook Mitchell | Lasorda's Son | Big Picnic | Stupid Populism | Happy 40th | Killing Blacks | Wild Mushrooms | Violent Crazies | Ukraine | Writing Alone | Camera Girl | Readers | Le Guin Story | Cartooning

Scam Notes

MORE HYPE and history re-writes from a fax advertising an album called “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” featuring “twenty-three selections of her greatest speeches, plus assorted newsclips and songs comprise this 72 minute treasure trove of…

And Earth’s Diameter Is 200 Miles

I’ve been skeptical of population estimates for a long time because it just seems there are far fewer people roaming around Planet Earth than statistics suggest.  Who hasn’t run into a friend from Ukiah at…

Belafonte In The Sun

After the first installment of my planned two-part tribute to Harry Belafonte, who died a month ago at the age of 96, two weeks of nonsense intervened. First came the coronation of Charles III—the pomp…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, June 3, 2023

Warming | Dusk | Rainfall Totals | Strawberries | FFA Awards | Extinguisher Check | Local Artists | Labor Enforcement | Peony | Dahlias | Summer Party | Gobbi & Main | Leaf | County Employees | Clouds | Mo Tip | Planning Agenda | Volleyball Camp | Grocery Outlet | Van Pedals | GO Meeting | Eel River | Help Meyer | Jail Sale | Sutherland Art | Nickerman Guilty | Crane Suspects | Saving Athena | Irritating | Kozeluh Acquitted | Yesterday's Catch | Spring Water | Drastic Measures | Eureka Video | Marco Radio | Stunted | Left Problem | Boasty POTUS | Clinton Campaign | Turn Back | Prepper Tip | Deal Trap | Tiny's Bar | Catastrophozoic | Ukraine | Realization

Bonnie & Clyde, Redux

I suppose it was inevitable though it hadn’t happened to me even once in 72 years of life that included living, working, studying, or visiting 27 U.S. states and 13 countries. Somebody ripped off my…

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