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…
Posts published in December 2023
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If you enjoy identifying native plants, and recognize a plant growing where it shouldn’t be, it leads you to wonder “How did that tree get there?” Take the Incense Cedars growing in the Rancheria Creek…
MARIANNE MCGEE on the local dems recent endorsements of Trevor Mockel and Maureen Mulheren: I am absolutely disgusted with the endorsements of the Democratic Central Committee, especially refusing to endorse Bernie Norvell. He’s done more…
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The recent publication of the County’s long overdue ACFR (Annual Comprehensive Financial Report) for 2021-2022 (covering July of 2021 to June of 2022) is being bragged about by at several County supervisors. They mention no…
It’s the eighth day of Hanukkah, known as the “festival of lights,” and I’m sitting at home hoping for a miracle that won’t happen. The world seems like an awfully dark place this December, and…
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It is an amazing, humbling thing to be alive in our time and in our place. It is almost beyond comprehension. It borders on magical. I speak of many things: the awesome miracle of your…