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Posts published in September 2023

Protecting Us From The Pigeons

It's a lovely day at Seattle’s ominous urban transit center, where drunks loiter and preachers preach; where litter blows in the wind, last week's vomit lies dried on the concrete until the rains come, and…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Sept. 25, 2023

Rain | Storm Cloud | Arena Homicide | View 253 | Timber Project | Sad Bear | Burroughs Memorial | Connolly Sought | Sea Rise | Carbon Capture | Military Complicity | Bloody Run | Big Band | Independence Revelers | Seivertson Sentenced | Just Nuts | Toxic Chemicals | Estrangement | Coast View | Fishing Pole | Yesterday's Catch | Diminuendo | Chop Suey | Friendly Advice | Mildly Bananas | Whale Tale | Dumbarton Bridge | Samoan Security | Roadworks Printing | Reconsider Cars | Lobotomy | Latino Museum | Math Atheist | Ukraine | Future Z | Sits & Stares

The Johnson Ranch

Late last month, I spent an afternoon at the Johnson home in Boonville with Gary, Wanda and Gary’s mother Eva, age 89, exploring the history of the Floyd Johnson Ranch, once 4,000 acres at the…

Senior Living in San Francisco

About 20 years ago, Ed, my therapist, who was also a Tibetan Buddhist lama, assured me that the next big thing in my life would be my death. I have outlived him by more than…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023

Cloudy | Sheepdog Trials | Panther Win | FBI Rumor | Two Horses | Drug ODs | FFA Eggs | CEO Report | Lazy Navarro | PG&E Trees | Pet Pair | AV Events | Old Springboard | Bewildered Exit | Willits Arts | Ed Notes | Kelley House | Dry Mendocino | Jâca Duo | Yesterday's Catch | Eel Reading | Flexible Elders | Marco Radio | 49er Venue | Quit School | Pitching Marathon | Coming Soon | Detour Aborted | DIY Burn | 2024 Candidates | Glad Hand | CW2 | Geezers Erupting | Menendez Gold | Tramp Steamer | Ukraine | Great Gem

Some Things Broken, Some Missing

Is there anything more to say or think or worry about with regard to the ongoing deterioration of downtown Ukiah? I’ve flogged the tired old horse to death and back to life with paragraphs and…

Time Out

One time or another most people have wished that they could just take “time out” from their lives for a breather and step back and consider their future direction. Religious groups have a history of…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023

Autumnal | Carny Dead | Fair Schedule | Wet Ahead | Pure Luxury | Superintendent Statement | Log Wrangler | Vehicle Manslaughter | Ukiah Construction | Emergency Visit | PA Agenda | String Quartet | Planning Agenda | 1868 Ranch | PIT Count | Symphony Gala | Geniella Genealogy | Hendry Investigation | Yesterday's Catch | Behavioral Health | Start Work | | Boop Boop | Marco Radio | No Language | Jury Duty | Love Bacon | Somebody's Wrong | Healthcare Right | Special Player | Hurrah Samoa | Levi's Stadium | Three Linemen | Hard Loss | Brand Comments | Witchcraft | Blobology | American Revolution | Corrupt Judgment | Ukraine | War | Hotel Room | Boredom | Carrot Colors | About Rupert | Columbo Trek

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