For the first time in its long and storied history the little town of Fort Bragg is recalling a major public official. Our Mayor Dave Turner who squeaked to victory on a fraction of a…
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When my daughter was getting a divorce a while ago I sent my grandson a pup tent and told him to go sleep in the backyard. I told him sometimes a guy’s got to hide.…
Hello to all those out in Mendoland. I feel like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. When I first fell I kept clicking my heels thinking there's no place like home, there's no place like home, although I did not have the ruby red slippers. Having spent most of my life in Alaska, I was thinking I must have fallen down the rabbit hole. Really, the entire populace is like no other. I say that with the utmost respect. Where was I? Oh yes. This is your non-local soon-to-be loco local in the local, that is a resident — "It Takes All Kinds" / "Welcome to California Mr. Caldwell." Mr. Arik Caldwell. My friends call me shithead. You can call me whatever you like. I'll more than likely answer.
I'm sitting here looking at the February 11 issue of the AVA and wondering what I should make of the fact of my work being honored with placement on the front page, above the fold,…
As the older of my two daughters went off to her senior prom last weekend, I couldn’t help but think back to a trip to the local mall to see Disney’s Prom made with her…
A friend suggested that the reason I find contemporary American movies and books and plays and music to be largely junk is that I am just old.
Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, David Crosby, and many other older musicians aver that contemporary popular music today is inferior to the popular music of their day, but that’s just because those guys are old.
The following song is an offering from Nick, who visits his uncle Mitcho from time to time in those far out hills of Yorkville. Two years ago they performed a few songs at the Anderson…