First, I would like to state for the record that my intent in recounting the following tale is not to brag, or preen, or pump…
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One of the astonishing aspects of our internet-connected world is the ability to discover – and buy – stuff we never knew we wanted. Amazon…
The County fair two weekends ago was a fun one; the nicest weather in a long while for the fair was enjoyable too. My husband…
There's a certain beautiful sadness to the Northgate Mall, a mostly deserted collection of modest shops and restaurants featuring the requisite American staples: discount knitwear in 17 shades of pink, three-pound honey-soaked gluten-free cinnabuns and Ethiopian espresso by the jug, kiosk islands dedicated to repairing cracked iPhone screens while you wait, a video game store front displaying the latest vamped-up cartoon princess death-mammas toting laser-guided plasma cannons and titanium nipple bombs, and a few dozen stalwarts like myself, shuffling in blissful catatonia beneath the piss-pop muzak and happy shouts of toddlers climbing aboard the plastic trains in the FunZone, while the ironically smiling kid opens up the Mini-Bungee Jump, conveniently ringed by Wonder-Pretzel, Cookie-Heaven and Monsieur Pizza's By The Slice, free refills on sizes jumbo deluxe and up...
We had a severe fright mid-month when Juan came running to us to report that Kayak, one of our yaks, had given birth. We were unaware that she was pregnant.
In 1856 William H. Norton, arrived in Mendocino City while in his early twenties. He worked as a sawyer and carpenter for the mill company…
It was almost too easy. The precision-like fleecing of the People of the State of California, that is. As predicted here late last year, when…
An old friend recently asked me, after I told him I was retired, “What do you do all day?” He asked me in an email,…
To think that in this America a man like Willie Nelson has the right, yes, the right, to choose who he supports in an election!…
“Bring a large piece of uncooked meat with you when you come,” said the gruff voice on the phone. I thought it a rather odd…
Forget about the famed military-industrial complex of the Eisenhower years. It isn’t what it was. Yes, we have a military, but the industrial complex was…