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Posts tagged as “essays”

A Brief History of Navarro

Your remarks about the Navarro Ice House in the May 27 AVA Valley People provoked my own reflections about the place and a multitude of memories of the characters and activities inhabiting the Deep End…

Social Close-ing

Since mid-March I’ve walked between two and three miles day throughout my village of Ross and two adjacent towns. I learned through experimentation three different routes to execute this healthy habit to get me out…

Ross Mirkarimi Remembers Kayo

FG: How did Terence Hallinan come into your life?  RM: I had been an active in the environmental movement and a founding member of the Green Party. and in 1993 I helped draft legislation that…

Organic Kale in the Time of Plague

Ours is the first generation in history unyoked from the burdens that defined life for those who came before us. Our generation, ushered into a standing civilization in which all life’s bounties are provided and…

Out of Control in Covelo

My ride on the Covid Coaster started on March 25, the day I got back to Covelo after three days down in the Bay. I thought it would take a week to work through it. …

Journal of the Plague Year (#11)

Berkeley, CA June 1, 2020 — Coast to coast, they’re drifting back to campuses, starting this week. From modest institutions like the San Mateo Union School District to medium size campuses like Fresno State to…

The Big River Mystery

Intrigued by the unknown? Does a wisp of mist rolling across the moon's shadow or the hint of heat rising up from a bog on an otherwise chilled winter's eve pique your curiosity? At this…

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