Friday, January 28, 2011

THE PURGING OF THE POCKET NOTEBOOKS II

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2nd in a series “WALT LONGMIRE” series author Craig Johnson, in the middle of a presentation for writers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, pulled f...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

RIDING AROUND: THEN AND NOW

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AS A LITTLE MAN of five or eight, I could lay on my back across the sticky, vinyl seat of the station wagon and watch an upsi...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

HELLTOWN

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ALONG CENTERVILLE (AKA HUMBUG) ROAD – BUTTE COUNTY MY SIMPLE GOAL was to revisit the old site of Helltown in Butte Creek Canyon east of C...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

BREAKFAST AT GARBERVILLE – US 101

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[February 2005] ONCE BEFORE I’d stopped in Garberville. I’d parked the blue Beemer a few slots north of the corner where the Eel River Caf...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

INTERVIEW WITH AN ANGEL

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We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame – but rather, how...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

LITERACY: AMERICA’S DEFICIT – NOW WHAT?

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Part 3 of what, thankfully, is only a three-part series. THERE ARE STRAIGHT-A CITIZENS among us who read exceedingly well but may not be p...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

LITERACY: AMERICA’S DEFICIT – SO WHAT?

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Part 2 of what appears to be a three-part series. READING IS THE FOUNDATION of literacy, along with comprehension. Reading and reading co...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

LITERACY: AMERICA’S DEFICIT - WHAT?

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OVER WHISKEY ONE NIGHT, the following was raised: “If you could pick just one major issue confronting America today, and you were to dedica...
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Saturday, January 1, 2011

REVISITING THE “OTHER WOMAN”

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THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF DECEMBER, riders enter the icy basement of the touring season. Days are short. Temperatures dip below freezing and s...
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Monday, December 20, 2010

UNTITLED HOLIDAY

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ABOUT MID-NOVEMBER, when what we call “cold” in Northern California sets in and we’ve pulled from the cedar chest the woolen shirts and extr...
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