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Posts tagged as “essays”

The Manson Gang In Mendo

On a hunch I decided to look in the coast newspapers to see if there was any mention on Charlie Manson. I was not disappointed.…

Graffiti & Other Noxious Topics

Graffiti is mildly annoying in small doses, but no city can risk allowing it to spread. Defacing public or private property is a test, and…

Dying Culture

What is seduction? It's when you aim to persuade someone to have sex with you, whether they want to or not. But maybe it's lots…

Georgiana Hathaway

Georgiana Hathaway entered the world in early December, 1887, at Point Arena where her parents had resided for years after emigrating from Maine and Massachusetts.…

Al Erle: The Man To See

Picture a slim, beardless ruddy-cheeked Swedish Santa Claus in a slate blue business suit and brightly striped bow tie with the rough, gnarled hands of…

Butt Washers & Other War Stories

I pinched another one out of my motorcycle seat recently after I made a right turn, and afterwards failed to cancel my non-self-cancelling turn indicator.…

Hounds & Hogs, Men & Truffles

Among the most alluring of cross-species collaborations is truffle hunting, a pursuit that brings dog—or, more rarely these days, pig—together with man. Women, it seems,…

Pacification

The pacifiers were sold one to a package. I asked for a dozen—maybe $20 worth back then. “That's a lot,” the clerk said. “You don't…

Attention & Other Stories

It's all about attention: we all want it, we all need it, so how we gonna get it? There is a finite amount and social…

Brotherly Love

As an adult, the smartest thing my mentally ill and drug-addicted brother did was to move to the City and County of San Francisco. I…

Old Town’s Not The Same

That’s the name of a song which reminds me of Ukiah. I needed to visit an appliance store on the north end of town. When…

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