Pops’ Grandson
My wife and I were back at Evans Stadium in Cal Berkeley on Mother’s Day, April 12, mainly to watch Cal first baseman…
Neighbors Behaving Badly
There are few things in life worse than your next door neighbor hating you, and you hating him. It's not just a…
Going to See the Planners
While not falling into the “Lost Cause” category, attending a County Planning Commission meeting when you KNOW your side is going to…
Book Sale for History Lovers
In what’s becoming an annual tradition the Kelley House Museum in Mendocino is hosting a book sale of history books Saturday May…
Dinosaurs Among Us
In the 1930s Sinclair Oil’s advertising execs and assorted flaks put their heads together to create a company logo. As the story…
Reggae On The River: The Magical Years
The fabled Reggae on the River festival has been through more trials and tribulations than your average 30-something native Californian, with a…
Kerouac Meets McCarthy on TV
Think of the 1950s and it’s hard not to think of the bomb, blonde bombshells like Marilyn Monroe, Beat Generation writers and…
Casualties of a 50-Year War
In 1968, five years before the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing women the right to legal abortions (ironically also…
Viet Nam and the San Francisco DMV
Yesterday I went to the San Francisco Department of Motor Vehicles, armed with all ID, to renew my driver's license. The female…
Burney in Berkeley
By November of 1770 the English organist, traveler, and man of letters, Charles Burney had been on the road for five months,…
Ed & Me
Why does Ed Denson get to eat hamburgers, french fries, and a milk shake and I don't? Why does Ed get to…
Upon Returning to Mendocino
Twenty-two years ago, I moved away from Mendocino County and the Northern California coastal redwoods, and I returned to my childhood life…