Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize most abundantly; which company can hoard the most prestige while staving off bankruptcy…
Posts published in October 2025
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At a recent local party a woman from Oakland approached me to ask, “But what do seniors DO here? It’s so rural!“ The quick answer is that we socialize a lot. That answer doesn’t really…
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Despite posting a $6 million deficit for this year and maybe triple that next year, and flailing away randomly to reduce the deficit by an official policy of: We Hope A Buncha People Will Quit,…
AT LEAST 40 CANADA GEESE were hanging out on the runway at Boonville International last week. BILL KIMBERLIN: Indian Creek Bridge as it led into Philo. I am betting that there were lots of fish…
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Item 4c on next Tuesday’s Supervisors Agenda: “Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval or Denial of Requests from Department Heads and Elected Officials Regarding Budget Impacts, Funding and Recruitment of Vacant or New Positions Following…
The third and last music festival of the year at Camp Navarro was held deep in the Redwoods on September 19-21. The first one, “The Redwood Ramble,” was July 19-21 and the second, “Camp Redwood”…