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Posts tagged as “essays”

Covid Again

Covid hit us again - and not just my family, but the larger us, as in a great many folks in Anderson Valley.  I guess with the relaxed masking rules it was bound to happen. …

A Skilled & Respected Investigator

Described in one publication as a man the criminals definitely don’t want working on their case, Mendocino County District Attorney Chief Investigator and DA advisor, Kevin Bailey, is officially retiring. His last day in the…

Living Longer and Healthier: Part 2, Longevity

Last week, we discussed the term life expectancy and how it is useful in understanding how long a person may live based on various circumstances.  Now, in this second of our three-part series, we will…

Reasons to Hate Internet News (A Lot of It, Anyway)

Print and broadcast news have gone through a rough patch lately. People today have less time and less inclination to watch the evening news, listen to news radio or read the newspaper…

Rockin’ The Walker

In the summer of 2013 my mother fell backward into the bathtub and my sister just happened to be there. In the emergency room they did a CT scan because she had fallen a few…

Thought-Free Thinking

Trophy the wife and I came back to Ukiah for the holidays and to see the kids, let our dog die in familiar surroundings and enjoy a fabulous parade down State Street in our honor.…

Scott Joplin Had Wall Street Down

A parallel survey of the historical soundtrack and stock market crashes reveals that musicians are not deaf to the beat of the financial markets…

Bet On It

Watching the NBA playoffs means exposure to ads every time a coach calls time out or the refs consult the videographers in Secaucus, New Jersey, to decide whether that elbow to the face was a…

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