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Posts published in December 2023

Ed Denson & The Pot War Days

Ed Denson was still a relative newcomer to southern Humboldt when he arrived in the 1980s. He had spent most of his adult life in the Bay Area. During the sixties he managed the bands…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023

Drizzle Eve | Pet Marshall | VSO Move | Cooking Supper | Brooktrails Nativity | Professional Squatter | Coyote Couch | Ed Notes | Ivy Hill | Homeless Scene | Hare Christmas | Yesterday's Catch | Niner Injuries | Light Pollution | Crossroads | Nellie Nowlin | Pleasant Rep | Holiday Stress | Marco Radio | Langlois Bridge | These Times | Spaghetti Factory | War Blues | Moondog | Israeli Error | Giant Haggis | Santa's Bag | War Prayer | Gaza March

Triggering Handel

The goal of baroque composers was to trigger the emotions. Yet many moderns enjoy this music because they hear it is unthreatening. To them, the sounds of cantatas, concertos, and suites are merely pleasing. There…

Stephanie’s Walk

My wife was kinda short and pudgy, with an egg-shaped face. She was cute as could be, gorgeous to me, but an uncommon combination of height, weight, and build. If she was walking toward me,…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023

Chilly | Rainfall Week | Jason Gillenwater | Purple Sky | AG Response | Star Cap | Sandbar Article | Jones Jewelry | Adventist/BS | Christmas Dinner | Ed Notes | Midnight Creeper | Effective Management | Niner Xmas | Shields Commentary | New Years | Name Changers | Fort Ord | Organizational Meeting | Floodgate Owners | Winter Memories | Yesterday's Catch | Destructive Socialism | Eldercycle | Public Mick | Sex Scandal | Suicide Doors | Methy Assumption | Yule Axes | Bloody Gender | Marco Radio | Edward Gorey | Hoopa Land | Sewing | Orange Tarbaby | 368 Texts | Snap Mobs | Local News | No Respect | Fun Champion | From Ipanema | More Lawfare | Death Toll | UN Resolution | Singing Midget | Sinatra Interview | Orchestral Tryst

Valley People (December 23, 2023)

BILL HOLCOMB DRAWS A PACKED HOUSE SATURDAY To Celebrate His 90th Birthday.   (See Terry Sites report this week for more about this big event.) SAFFRON FRASER: Hello oo! I did a little Christmas shopping in…

Memories Are Made of This

Abolafia. That unusual surname on a mailing list of people who knew or claimed some connection to the late Paul Krassner triggered a memory of the easiest money I ever made (for my boss) as…

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