Long gone are the days when white American radicals turned their collective backs on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), and embraced Malcolm X and…
Posts tagged as “essays”
One of the things I love about writing, and being a writer, is the ability and opportunity I have of shaping and solidifying my persona…
Spend 40 years driving by the same interesting-looking place along Highway 20 and saying “…Some year we should check that out…” and finally we got…
A career in banking, small-business operations, finance, and marketing gave Larry Judson Butler a view of business by the numbers. He shared his perspective in…
Winegrowing and winemaking are important to Anderson Valley today. But the industry is a relative newcomer. Prohibition put the local wine industry on ice during…
In the 1860s the Frost and Coates families of Little Lake engaged in a running feud that culminated in a shootout outside Baechtel's Store on…
The “R” isn’t working. As the letters blink to life one after the other from top to bottom there’s a pause between the “T” lighting…
Winegrowing and winemaking are such important parts of Anderson Valley today that it seem strange to realize that they are relative newcomers. The Valley is…
Against-the-grain singer and piano man Bob Dorough died this past April at the age of 94. His singular approach to song will always be associated…
The Men’s Fashion Conscious Award (a well-worn Carhartt ball-cap, donated by The Major) goes to Patrick Kingsley of the Office of the Public Defender.
In the 1800s the Mendocino County Sheriff held a second job, that of tax collector. In the autumn of each year this duty entailed traveling…