My close friend Sally’s health took a nosedive after her second stroke. And like many old people – and candor demands that we ourselves could…
Posts tagged as “essays”
The Power of the Hed Back in the day, newsroom wisdom had it that approximately 1/4 of readers would glance at the headline and not…
Last week I recounted how, with a mere half dozen years of sheep farming experience, I undertook the job of managing the weekly sheep sale…
A century back, and then on back into the century before, the sun shone on huge redwood and fir that had not yet been felled.…
If you’re a long-time Alamedan, you know him. He might have been your teacher, therapist or coach. Perhaps you recognize him as a two-time City…
It was the time of year when the sidewalks of Garberville were crowded with pretty young women (and men I suppose) looking for work...
For many years a Junior Livestock Auction has been held during the Redwood Empire Fair in Ukiah. The community supports the auction buying all sorts…
The playlist of life follows patterns, tends to the familiar. We don’t need Silicon Valley algorithm makers to seduce us into routines. We fall into…
After a summer’s absence, I am back in The Valley, adjusting to drought- and-fires life here at the vineyard, and going through my list of…
One of the first people we met in coming to Westport almost fifty years ago was Lyle Standley. He had heard we had bought the…
Other than the weather, the homeless and the Giants, the most popular topic in Ukiah is our lack of affordable housing. But unlike the weather,…