Organic Kale in the Time of Plague
Ours is the first generation in history unyoked from the burdens that defined life for those who came before us. Our generation,…
Out of Control in Covelo
My ride on the Covid Coaster started on March 25, the day I got back to Covelo after three days down in…
Journal of the Plague Year (#11)
Berkeley, CA June 1, 2020 — Coast to coast, they’re drifting back to campuses, starting this week. From modest institutions like the…
The Big River Mystery
Intrigued by the unknown? Does a wisp of mist rolling across the moon's shadow or the hint of heat rising up from…
Plague Music
Were Georg Frideric Handel to be beamed back to earth from the celestial realm he has inhabited since his death two-and-a-half centuries…
The Pro-Pot Politician
Being a lawyer was a practical way to work for peace and social justice in 1967 when Terence Hallinan began his career,…
If You Really Loved Me, You’d Die For Me
Love, it has been said, is a many-splendored thing. By Andy Williams and Han Suyin, anyway, who, respectively, sang the song and…
South Central LA: Watts Summer 1965
I remember it starting out as a regular monthly weekend drill. Out of bed Saturday about 4:00 A.M. Search in the closet…
Carving the Coast
Being a very fortunate guy, I’ve lived within sight of the California Coast my entire life. I’ve also been a reader and…
Local Boy Makes Good
Growing up in Marin County, Bill Kimberlin remembers his mother taking him to visit the set of “Blood Alley,” a 1955 Cold…
Caspar Historical Curiosities
As AVA readers have interest in Mendocino County history beyond the Anderson Valley the following is offered. It’s easy to be researching…
Corona Music
Spring has been slow to come to Upstate New York. There have been snow flurries in April, and the yearned-for arrival of…