Monday, November 29, 2010

A WALK IN A COASTAL VINEYARD

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SOME AUTUMN DAYS, and some days in spring, possess a kind of harmonic convergence. A convergence wherein sun, color, temperature, and clime...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

WHEN DO “THEY” BECOME “US?” - By Don Russell

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Note: Don Russell is the editor and publisher of The Mountain Messenger, California’s oldest weekly newspaper, headquartered in Downievill...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

ASCENDING TO PARADISE

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MID-NOVEMBER and the time-space between storms ranges from three to fifteen days. One never knows. So, with the first hint of a sunny day,...
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

MR. BRILLIANT (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS…

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IN HONOR OF NOT SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY, I again visited my most local independent bookseller – “The Bookseller” in Grass Valley, Californi...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

GREAT POTTY STOPS ALONG THE OPEN ROAD - RIVER BEND PARK OFF HIGHWAY 70: OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA

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First in a series. TRAVELING STATE ROUTE 70 from the valley to the Sierra, one can be captivated by the richness of one of the world’s mos...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

FOLLOW-UPS, UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS II

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Our crack fact-check team here at the Church of the Open Road offers these follow-ups, corrections [and apologies] to previous posts: TO A...
Monday, November 8, 2010

THE “ROMANCE” OF BRUFF’S CAMP: PONDEROSA WAY – TEHAMA COUNTY

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I am informed that it is difficult travelling down the Sacramento Valley, on account of the moisture; and that there is no river conveyance...
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Monday, November 1, 2010

MY TRIP TO UMBRIA – YESTERDAY

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…in total about a third of the state [is] termed “Mediterranean” because of climatic analogy with portions of the old world. Winters are ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT II – NETHERWORLD IMPRESSIONS OF COUNTY ROAD 31 AND STATE ROUTE 128

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Sometime, between about 55 and 60, the herd begins to thin itself. And it’s the herd I’m in. I THINK OF THIS as I motor across the valle...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

THE PURGING OF THE POCKET NOTEBOOKS

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FOR DECADES, I have carried small spiral-bound notebooks around in my shirt pocket keeping shopping lists, directions, phone numbers, projec...
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