Did you ever have that neighbor you’ve known for years offer a proposal for solving a societal problem that just blows you away? Practical or…
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Dr. Russell Preston served the town of Mendocino as physician for thirty years, from 1909 to 1939. Even after his retirement he still saw some…
Bach never went in the ocean for a refreshing dip. He never even set eyes on the Atlantic. He could have made it to the…
California is disappearing in smoke and flames. Global warming sits on us like a smothering blanket. Out my window I see two fires and there are at least seven ongoing fires in the state. Triple digit heat is unrelenting. Leaves are falling from the trees ahead of schedule as a result of a six-year drought with only one year of significant rainfall.
We first met Jack June in 1972, and what a surprise it was. My wife and I were part of the hippie invasion driving up…
The end of July and the beginning of August always reminds me of berry picking time, blackberries that is. Until the extinction of rotary phones…
A polite term for it is “puffery.” It's also known as “advertiser-friendly journalism.” It has often plagued the magazine industry and especially since the 1920s…
I don't keep a ringing phone in my bedroom. Whatever it is, unless it's an invasion from Mars, in which case it wouldn't matter, can…
They arrived in droves from all points of the county and beyond, rising with the birds and freeing up all available cargo space in their…
The iPhone has made universal the paradoxical pleasure of listening privately in public. The casual hello and exchange of pleasantries; an alertness to oncoming steps…
Examples of the abrupt nature of life often pop up close together. Mendocino County has been no stranger to such occurences. The town of Mendocino's…