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Posts published in October 2023

Late For San Pedro

Bumpy Ride, late landing at LAX. Stateside pilots talk about “a little rough air.” In Mexico, they’re more honest and refer to una zona de turbulencia. Fog, air traffic, gate delays. Due in San Pedro…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023

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Valley People (October 29, 2023)

HOSPICE OF UKIAH COMES TO THE VALLEY   Wonderful News for Anderson Valley. Hospice of Ukiah, having served the valley for 42 years with one “volunteer,” a RN nurse coordinator, is expanding services. It has been…

Another Person’s Amtrak [1999]

I don’t want to mention any names, but the author of a recent AVA article describing diddling woes and decrying Amtrak travel seems a tad shortsighted, excusable perhaps, as is the naiveté of a novice.…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023

Frosty Morning | Printing Error | Boonfog | Rent/Work | Edie 115 | Crash Victims | Dan Gaffney | Fixing Problems | Cabrillo Parking | Measure B | Native Arts | Flawed Process | Albion Bridge | CEO Directive | Bad Timing | Wellness Circle | Hiring Freeze | Elmo McEntire | Ukiah Construction | Tannahill Weavers | Ed Notes | Remain Ignorant | Uncle Arthur | Moores Hearing | Golling | Goby | Love Bites | BC | Climate Corners | Forest Ghoul | Good Party | Pioneer Women | Hedgehog Closing | Candle Making | Bozeman 42 | Circle Dance | Beer/Candy Pairing | Timeless Jazz | Yesterday's Catch | Marco Radio | Madden 24 | Maine Killer | Gun Love | Stress Institute | Tragic Business | Frida & Diego | Genocide Defined | American Magazine | High-Tech Massacre | Cat Shirt | Gaza | First Karen | Sounds Brutal | Large Crowds

COVID: Down But Not Out

I’d been hearing and reading about it for a couple of years and then finally it hit me. I took it personally, though I also knew I was one of many millions of humans around…

The Vegan

“You mind not smoking?” It was the girl with the bags and the stony gaze. I looked for a NO SMOKING sign. There was none. She said, “It kills my eyes.” I put my pipe…

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