Two Ukiah High Classmates
A couple weeks back I shared a “why I am voting” opinion from a man I coached and taught when he was…
Mute Button Blues
Thursday night’s presidential debate was branded by many a pundit a historic first. The rogue Interrupter-in-Chief would be held in check by…
Counts Counts: Voting in Navarro, 1972
One day last summer I was showing a recent Valley settler neighbor the historic sights of Navarro town and reminiscing about "the…
‘Just’ A Dog, Forever
There’s an old actors’ trick that advises if you can’t bring on fake tears, just think of when your favorite dog died.…
Memories of Dory Dan Bolin
Dory Dan's house burned down Sunday night with him in it.…
The Jailing of Father O’Shea
Defrocked Monsignor Patrick O’Shea had been the pastor for many years at the Holy Name of Jesus Church in the Sunset and…
Promises, Promises
Remember this door hangar which was distributed all over Mendocino County back in 2017? It was in part based on the text…
Joe Munson & Daughter On The Cops
The “No on P” signs, which have blanketed Sonoma County in October, hit Joe Munson where it hurt: in his moral compass.…
Homer: Number 6
No news is good news on the Homer front. There’s been no contact, nothing since the rucksack came. But Homer was right…
Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis is credited with the admonition that, “when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying…
Hydra Headed
“Tension between the need for urban progress and the ways that progress can crush vulnerable communities is evident all around.” – Brahinsky…
Pot Growers’ Water Trucks
Chair Haschak and members of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors: I am sending this correspondence in regards the use of water…