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Posts published in October 2023

The Johnson Ranch (Part 2)

Gary Johnson and I met again at his mother Eva’s house’s back yard to fill in the “rest of the Johnson Ranch story.” I asked Gary about his first memories which took him to recollections…

What To Do With The Old Piano?

The National Association of Piano Dealers reported 364,545 sales of new instruments in the United States in 1909. That was four times the number of automobiles manufactured in the country that same year. This output…

Valley People (October 7, 2023)

HARD FOUGHT LOSS TO VISITING TOMALES SATURDAY At The Boonville Fairgrounds, Coach John Toohey Reporting: We lost 32-38. Our last shot from about the 15 yard line hit the dirt just beyond our tight end’s…

Musings On Communism & Anti-Communism

“I am not now, nor have I ever been…” If you grew up in the 1950s, as I did in a lefty American family, the name Joseph McCarthy elicited as much loathing as that of…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Oct. 6, 2023

Pacific Overlook | Warm Day | Max Temps | County Finance | Saracina Ranch | Appreciative Patient | Mendo-a-GoGo | Fall Gathering | Fiber Fair | Guilty & Insane | Ocean View | Mister Clean | Cleek Guilty | Chili Cook-Off | Ed Notes | Jattice Hill | Great Dislike | Lamont Rowlands | Old Wallpaper | Yesterday's Catch | Anonymous Zoomers | Russian River | Luxury Beliefs | DiFi's Seat | $5 Billion | Rothko Painting | Cruel Move | Migrant Crisis | Animal Day | Ukraine | Hope Books | Fosse Nobel | Last Words | Dock View | Can't See | Laugh Inside | Drink It | Chicken Facts | Micromanaged Sport | Gibson Rules | Angry Christian | Cowboy Booty

NBA Owners Decry ‘Load Management’

The billionaire team owners are called “governors” of the National Basketball Association. The mouthpiece hired by the governors to advance their interests is called “the commissioner.” Players getting time off during the season to rest…

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