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Posts tagged as “essays”

Arsonists: 113 Shots, Zero Goals

It is one thing for an indifferent Mother Nature to imperil Ukiah by tossing off random lightning bolts mixed with harsh droughts. It is quite…

How We Made Cannabis Safe for Capital

California NORML organized a celebration/symposium on November 5, 25 years to the day that California voters passed Proposition 215, the ballot initiative that legalized marijuana…

Rippin’ the Rio

Does Oaky Joe Munson care about anything besides his crop? You bet he does. He cares like crazy about his daughter, Millie, and his son,…

Orr Springs History Mysteries

Researching a book on the Orr Hot Springs area I amass more information than I could ever possibly use in what I plan to be…

Rich People Have Problems, Too

Women tend to resent paying alimony and it can hurt a man’s pride to receive it, according to an October 30 piece in The Times. The…

Hiking the Mendocino Coast

Let's talk pedology. A dirty topic indeed. The word derives from the Greek pedon, meaning soil, and logos, meaning study. Pedology is the study of…

Founding Father of American Song

Less than a month before the first presidential election of December 1788, Francis Hopkinson published his Seven Songs for the Harpsichord or Forte Piano, dedicating the set…

Laytonville Memories

Hello Mr. Anderson & Mr. Livermore, That was some article about Indiana Slim’s Red Hots band and the legendary Piano Jimmy. A pair of fascinating…

Flipped a Coin, Moved 3,000 Miles

So I semi-temporarily left Ukiah for a town even more dismal, and live on a street with traffic worse than North Dora.  Historically I have…

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