Thou Lingering Star (March 7, 2001)
Last week Ellen Hartwell of Fort Bragg asked: “How can a lively, cognizant, compassionate ‘older’ woman find a suitable lover/companion in this…
MCT: Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Isolated Showers; Surveillance Testing; Foggy Landscape; National Guard; Better Practices; Rhododendron; Pet Precaution; Empty Pier; Ed Notes; Noyo Rainbow; LakeCo Report; Yesterday's Catch; Sanders 2020; Captain Williams; Incompetent Government; GG Construction; Pod People; Charity Game; Sugarcandy Sports; Flower Bud; Con Man; Redwood Notch; CARES Act; Not Afraid; Doctor's Warning; Merry Pranksters; Comments; Political Lies; Ponzi Collapse; Kinda Busy; Swines' Holiday; Found Object…
Chippin’ Them Rocks (September 18, 2002)
This summer’s extraordinary rescue of nine trapped Pennsylvania coal-miners verged on miraculous. Scarcely noted was the hellish nature of everyday conditions below.…
MCT: Monday, April 6, 2020
Lingering Showers; LakeCovid; Daily Updates; Testing Results; Ed Notes; Nature; About Spinardi; Leaf Lizard; Confirmed Cases; Callas; Defer Tax; Storm Clouds; Penalty Waiving; Police Reports; Fans+Music; Yesterday's Catch; NY Report; Mask Dammit; F-35 Order; Newspapers Crucial; Symptoms Chart; Boomer Bummer; Grafitti; Financial Impacts; Resnick Kingdom; Fireside Tweets; Crisis Management; Mask Briefs; Virus Exception; Pandemic Warning; Petitioning Power; Testing Shortfall; Red Crossers; Pretty Day; Hell Empty; Major Transformation; Pox Credit; Water Stress; Muzzled; Pigeon Spotting; Found Object…
Library Closures
Mendocino County library branches and mobile services closures have been extended past the original date of April 6 until further notice. Book…
The End of Silence (March 24, 2004)
We ended last week's article on the Valley's home-grown methamphetamine video by suggesting that Anderson Valley could very well have been the…
MCT: Sunday, April 5, 2020
Steady Rain; Muriel Ellis; Reilly Heights; Foster Doggin'; Escape Abuse; Warm Line; Dog Walkin'; Libraries Closed; Pay Us; Calder Fan; Missing Maskholder; Economy Killing; Yesterday's Catch; Captain Brett; Cedar Bloom; Predict Program; Compliance Map; FedEx Carriers; Masked Judge; Covid Blame; My Work; Gas Masks; Dog First; Surviving Covid; Stay Home; Common Enemy; The FDA; Spinardi Justice; Borderline; Marco Radio; Found Object…
Poetry Course
[Apr 9] "Beauty in the Backyard," an online poetry course, will be offered by Roberta Werdinger, Ukiah's Poet Laureate, using the Zoom…
A Slow Goodbye to Our Pestilence? (March 17, 2004)
When Anderson Valley's 12 and 13-year-old daughters get sexually violated by some cranked-up, cretinous drug dealer, I don't think today's father gets…
MCT: Saturday, April 4, 2020
Cold Rain; Frost Fans; Soccer Star; Homeless Plan; Kelseyville Geysers; Allman v Aldrich; Doohan Duration; Epidemic; Vacant Land; Setting Sun; LakeCo Miracle; Ed Notes; Lumber Mill; Ted Talk; Redwood Summer; Too Cavalier; Hunter Hoarder; Elenah Elston; Attempted Murder; Grand Jurors; Yesterday's Catch; Profiteers; Racketeers; Seeing Eyes; Hydroxychloroquine; Harbor Guard; Poetry Course; Seals Stadium; Boomer Elegy; Handicap Device; Spreading Misinformation; Billionaire Ventilators; Exercise Bike; Beating Covid; Historical Marker; Socialism Time; Asset Grab…
MCT: Friday, April 3, 2020
Approaching Storm; Doohan Duration; Turkey Tail; Stabber BOLO; Distress Calls; Lost Soul; Ukiah Homeless; No Shortcuts; RCS Statement; Seed Edict; Volunteers Needed; Elderhome Rental; Ed Notes; Rainbow; Test Everyone; Carrotica; Local Food; Joltin' Joe; Virus Trafficking; Doohan AWOL; Yesterday's Catch; Cultish Atmosphere; Movie Montage; Pandemic Blessings; Emile Zola; Biloxi Days; Amazon Contagion…
Like, Wow, Man (October 25, 2000)
Response to a letter encouraging me to read a study on marijuana: It seems like you're trying to give me a sales…