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Posts published in September 2023

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

An Exercise in Branding: ‘Eco-Anxiety’

“That Feeling of Climate Doom? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.” The headline over a full-page piece in the Sunday NY Times made me think maybe Jason Horowitz was going to satirize the medicalization of every problem we…

Slogging Through The Muck At Burning Man 2023

All things considered this annual Burn wasn’t that bad. If Burners in Black Rock City stayed put in camp during the rain and didn’t try to bike or drive they did not become clay mud…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Sept. 22, 2023

Cool Day | Smoky Sky | County Agenda | Fiesta Latina | CHP Bully | Second Bridge | Bogus Count | Apple Tree | Asha Kreimer | Arena Sunset | Unfair Treatment | Del Mar School | Mockel Example | 1980 Cover | Bombing Bari | Yesterday's Catch | Suspect Selfie | Purdy Good | School Gardens | September | Pelican Flock | Bizzaroland News | Seagull Flock | Shutdown Fallout | First Sight | Ukraine | Purple Onion | Saddest Noise | Eastham 1941 | Tireless Grandstander | Friendly Darkness

Solar Squabbles In Ukiah

The city of Ukiah prides itself on belonging to a Northern California public utility system that relies on renewable energy sources and hydroelectric plants to provide nearly 80 percent of the power local customers consume.…

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