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Posts published in November 2023

Cuarto Cero-Cero

We’d flown into a Mexican coastal resort without hotel reservations. On the wretched stretch of road between airport and town, we chatted up our cab…

Back To Main Street [1998]

Fall is always the best time to meander around the country. Across the Midwest the corn is being harvested. The browns and golds of stubble…

Mendocino County Today: Monday, Nov. 6, 2023

Showers | Westport Beach | Chili Cook-Off | AVHS Soccer | Football Playoffs | Mendo Landscape | Cancer Challenges | Youth Basketball | Ed Notes | Oak Silhouette | New Pup | Empty Lot | Retired Life | Yesterday's Catch | Overpopulation Issues | Lakota Indians | Golden Gate Suicides | Close Gate | Better Way | Ukraine | Civil Reunion | Sadistic Israeli | Gaza | Ceasefire Calls | Picasso Painting | JFK 007 | Terracotta Warriors | Amazing Sloth

Beyond My Powers To Reject

By the time I knew enough to know where I was but not how I got there, I was four years old and living in…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

Light Rain | Panther Victory | Candle Making | Ocean Waves | Music Series | Pet Tucker | Watershed Meeting | Lake Emily | Name-Change Meeting | Handkerchief Tree | Ed Notes | Pond Cabin | Drainage Debris | Peace Songs | Makinen Book | Fifth Bridge | Yesterday's Catch | Bacterial Lake | O Lord | Meet People | Doubly Taxed | Weekend Off | Couch Coyote | Huffsplaining | Smartphone Zombies | Gaza | Native Dispossession | Dug In | Senior Center | Ukraine | Nov 1932 | First Words | Short Windows | Marco Radio | One-Man Band | Traffic School | Crows | Historic Blunders | Pawnee Brothers

Another Tale From The Hills: The Sociopath

Remember the case of the whole family who died recently, one by one, over a period of several years? The father, Mike Nicklin, was a…

Bach & the Catskill Golden Spike

One thing the American public schools used to teach—or tried to—was the memorization of dates. At the top of that list were 1620, 1776, 1861,…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023

Shower Chance | Clouds | Playoff Game | AVUSD News | Panther Sports | Standard Time | Asphalt Paver | Big River | Automat | Not Okay | Retiring Businesses | Raven | Ukiah Construction | Tree Lighting | Patterson Checkup | Stenerson Memorial | Palace Order | BOS News | Caught | Permit Process | Arch Rock | Short-Term Rentals | Verbing | Fire Cameras | Holiday Parade | Planning Commission | Golden Moon | County CLEO | Pawpaws | Drainage Easement | Marble Slap | Ed Notes | Yesterday's Catch | Vinnie's Query | No Waiting | Marco Radio | Dry Socks | SF Impressions | Fatal Error | Hunter Op-Ed | Stolen Card | T&P | Jewish Americans | Canary Fun | Gaza | Ukraine | Roth Library | To Live

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