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Posts published in February 2024

The Devil In The Hole

The devil introduced himself to me one fine spring day in the American River canyon just below the town of Auburn.  Back in the early…

Mendocino County Today: Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024

Warmer | Sunning | Bad Ballots | Saturday Experience | Ballot Questions | Candidate Forum | Dump Fees | Early Morning | Pet Ben | Ed Notes | Warm Day | Dams Outmoded | Big Marlin | Rename Kelseyville | Yesterday's Catch | Mental Treatment | Stupid Things | Landline Service | Niner Prayer | Field Notes | Italian Sub | Marco Radio | Ocean Spume | Hip Square | Weird Habits | Super Serf | Fools Art | Driverless Cars | Young Willie | RFK Campaign | USA Rudderless | Whoot | Old Joe | Eden Vendors | Maga Diaries | Putin Puppet | Gaza Report | Burmese Days | Stop Madness | Mobile Home | Eddie Waitkus | Valentines

Captain At The Mouth

Charles Fletcher, or Captain Fletcher as he was often called, was a sailor who was the first to settle at the mouth of the Navarro…

Your Health Is Overrated

You hear a lot of advice about health as you go through the years, some of it true.  You also hear a lot of guff.…

Mendocino County Today: Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024

Calm | Pancake Breakfast | Ballot Q&A | Proofing | Council Recap | Guns & Drugs | Anticipated Litigation | Nurse Quiz | AVUSD News | Investigate Hicks | Loyalty | Haschak Report | Potatoes | Ukiah Construction | Tailfins | Save Dams | Overhead Pumpkins | Dam Removal | Sidecar | Nonflushables | Poetry | Nominate Thyself | Edith 116 | Woodstove | Ed Notes | Museum Event | Punkfest Hopefuls | Fundraising Dinner | No Hands | Rodney Phillips | Yesterday's Catch | Guides Guide | Pringles | Health Tips | Chief Lucy | Marco Radio | Contradiction | Food Program | Original Joe's | Walkable Cities | Colorful Victorians | Brenda's | Dying Off | Neal Cassady | Degeneracy Abounds | Children Beware | Super Gambling | Urinals | Retirement Plans | Dog Ball | Old Joe | Mental Decline | Incompetent | Poor Memory | KO | Creating Hate | Vacation Guide | Nobody | Last Drink | Found Jesus | Poison Arrow | Bo Bo

The House of Usher

The night that word came through that Usher would be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show this year, you had a dream that you were…

My Dirty Laundry

Well, that's a mistake I hope I never make again: I left a marking pen in a shirt pocket in the wash and now I…

Mendocino County Today: Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

Clear & Cold | Leaf & Cap | Ballot Error | Seed Swap | Storm-Damage Survey | Still Missing | Frank Seward | Seed Exchange | False Updates | Cubbison Update | HMO Coverage | Couchmobile | Meet Chris | Vote Trevor | Hopland Hiring | Call Me | Flawed Legislation | Pondering | Ed Notes | Publishing Korte | Old Greenwood | Yesterday's Catch | Bad Dog | Being Gouged | Flag KC | Mobley Desk | SF View | Morale Boost | Csonka Invitation | Newsom Recall | Salad Bowl | Real Name | Carlson/Putin | TP Etiquette | Supreme Case | No Character | Doomsday Clock | Trinity Site | Unbeliever | Fart Around | Breaker Boys

Valley People (February 9, 2024)

A MODERATE 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered about 3 miles northeast of Boonville jiggled the Boonville area for a couple of seconds about 4:45pm Sunday.  THE…

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