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Posts published in May 2024

Announcements (May 29, 2024)

JIM MARTIN James Edward Martin III was born October 16, 1959, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Schools Germantown Friends, Fitler Elementary, Julia R. Masterman, Owen J. Roberts, The Hill School, University of Virginia (BA). An…

County Notes (May 29, 2024)

The Measure B Committee: Still Inconsequential After All These Years. The last time we watched a Measure B committee meeting they had decided to reduce their already minimal role in the “oversight” (hah) of the…

Mendocino County Today: Tuesday 5/28/24

Clearing | Ravens | Memorial Day | Community Lunch | Old Lie | Railcars | Fred Hakewill | Basehore Birthday | Featuring Chezidek | City Declarations | Windfan Movie | Ed Notes | Crying Uncle | Facebook Critique | Yesterday's Catch | Haight Days | Warrior Memories | Many Cats | Bill Walton | Good News | Patty & Bill | Serial Slingshoter | Replied All | Doris & Richard | Babe & Duke | 1500s | Big Daniel | McGee Scalped | Trump Entrance | Saving Democracy | Legalized Crime | Insanity Perpetuated | Tragic Accident | Coast Guard | Raised Jewish | Chomsky Sale | US Discredited | Painted Bunting

No One Is Neutral Come Eurovision Time

The Eurovision Song Contest cannot be neutral. There is just one winner. That winner is chosen by combining the popular cellphone votes of millions of viewers with the tallies of the five-member juries in each…

Four Days In New York: Memories Of A Living Past

In New York City recently at an outdoor memorial for Robert Reilly, a former apartment mate and friend who died at the age of 94 — and among other friends I had not seen for…

Mendocino County Today: Monday 5/27/24

Warm | Ralph Cardey | Vietnam Casualties | Yorkville Hills | Swift Verdict | Irish Beach | Carol Mills | Student Exhibition | Camellias | Animal Care | Breggo View | B Fuddle | Tunnelvision | Special Powers | Palace Facade | Mechanical Daniel | Historical Monuments | Singing Cowgirl | Ed Notes | Dancing 80 | Yesterday's Catch | It's Windy | Social Security | Capitalism | Speed Governors | Tax Rates | Healthy Outlet | Public Schools | Waltzing Matilda | Corvid Testing | Israeli Airstrike | Martian Watch | Meeting Vegans | Not Important | Carver Poems | Chagall Painting

People I Knew

The late Max Crawford’s last novel was called, “Wamba.” According to the flier announcing it … “After years away, Roy Alan Richardson has come home to western Texas to grapple with the demons that haunt…

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