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Posts published in April 2024

Recollections of Fort Despair

The original AVA compound, aka Fort Despair, was the Boonville headquarters of the America’s Last Newspaper, but also ground zero for an ongoing social experiment featuring a non-stop parade of visitors, victims, concerned parents, perpetrators,…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 4/16/24

Sunny | Turkey Tails | Shots Fired | Skunk Illusion | Finger Fern | Palace Pressure | Om Circle | Ed Notes | Redwood Furniture | Senior Center Dinner | Krenov Talk | Boontling Classic | Sutley Tribute | Rummage Sale | Beacon Deal | Hip Replacement | Edmundson Affair | Yesterday's Catch | Confrontation | Gaza Protests | Orphanage | Fatuous Clamour | Comparing Rates | Library Tale | Entertainer Esch | Vivid Life | Stormy Thing | Fan Boy | Zacatecas | Blacksmith | NPR Boss | Trump Trials | French Female

Letters (April 16, 2024)

Seems like no one responds to emails or phone call messages left for the Jury Services group anymore. They used to transfer jury service to the Ten Mile Court for those living on the coast, but reportedly no longer…

The Sandbox

When a friend recently told me she was depressed again I offered some suggestions: Time to get distracted by something fun? Like a funny show or comedian on Youtube? Try to figure out how to…

Pear Sheds

One night in 1954, I was coming out of my driveway and could see a red glow in the sky to the south. As I came closer to the town of Hopland, the red glow…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 4/15/24

Clearing | Angel Missing | Ed Notes | GRT Views | Mosswood & Farmhouse | Comptche Woods | Edmundson Photos | Bridge Opening | Mission Accomplished | Ode to Blanche | Slaughter Yard | Elect Galletti | North Carolina | Yesterday's Catch | Armageddon Update | Say Anything | Other Side | A Joke | Approval Ratings | NPR Uproar | Clearly Unfit | Skirt Check | Lulu Dare | Guru U | Mary Fields | Dog Show | Goony Birds

May Day

In 1969, journalists Andrew Kopkind and James Ridgeway started a Washington-based biweekly newsletter called Mayday. They were soon enjoined by lawyers representing a publication of that name devoted to safe boating.  (“M’aidez” in French means…

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