"The Last Stand" is the cover article in this week's Bohemian, about "Gualala River logging plan draws fire," the first paragraphs of which follows. A letter to the editor by Victor Sund of Jenner...

The situation at Fetzer is more complicated than this wine cheerleader PD article presents. There are many more environmental vineyards and wineries on the North Coast, like Wild Hog in Cazadero.
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I hesitate to bring this up because opinions regarding guns and gun control are intense; but I'm just going to put it out there. I would like to see the Second Amendment repealed. My reason for...

The New Colossus


Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose...

I would like to add a consideration to this intriguing thread -- sometimes it is reasonable to feel depressed. The culture seems to have adopted a position that depression is automatically a bad...

Forgetfulness

The name of the author is the first to go
followed obediently by the title, the plot,
the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire novel
which suddenly becomes one you have never...

Sour Grapes in ‘Wine Country’— Intense Challenges to Wineries Erupt
By Shepherd Bliss
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Don't say that I will depart tomorrow -
even today I am still arriving.

Look deeply: every second I am arriving
to be a bud on a Spring branch,
to...

Ok. It's taken many days, and you might not be interested in my answers any more, but here you are:

Following up with Rustie's questions -

Does your future vision of Sebastopol include...

Sometimes the Dead

Sometimes the dead
drop in for a visit;
Unannounced,
they brush past me
on the front step
as I juggle groceries and keys.

Having no need

Well, as someone who grew up on Robinson Road in the 50s and all decades forward, I can tell you that ALL traffic has gotten quite thick around the Robinson Road area. And that, while the owner of...

Barry asked for some alternatives to the Apple Blossom Trail intruding into the senior community of Burbank Heights and the Luther Burbank Farm.

How about having the trail pop out from Ives Park...