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Weather Discussion for Wednesday March 10,2010
Click here for latest satellite animationNow that is what you call a fast moving storm system...at sunset last night it was just beginning to rain on the north coast and by sunrise this morning the storm was already in Nevada and heading east. Precipitation amounts were...
Weather Discussion for Tuesday March 9, 2010
Click here for latest satellite animationA cold, dry, airmass is now over northern California and while skies will be sunny today, temperatures will be 4 to 8 degrees below normal for this time of year. This morning's satellite picture shows the next storm system nearing...
 

Windshield Rosary

Note to Wednesday:
Monday and Tuesday dragged their feet. Please pick up the pace. Thanks!...
One Thousand
This, my friends, is my 1,000th blog post. I know that is small potatoes compared to some other writers. But I am not comparing myself to other writers. I am comparing myself to myself. And for me to see something through one thousand times is some kind of miracle....
 

Darcyarts

Semi-daily, Art rant and Process, etsy-related blog
Slow for Reading
I am working. Even though I am my own boss I stay focused. In fact I probably need to chill just a little bit in the pilgrimish work ethic department. I never let myself sit around and watch a film or read a book when I am committed to a project. I should be creating. There...
Barbra There for Historical Moment
This whole cinematic, pre-Oscar film viewing year had been great. I got to see more movies than ever before thanks to Anderson Prime 11 and the swiftness with which movies are moving to DVD. There were great performances to experience. Monique kicked ass. Meryl was wildly...
 

Peaches and Plums

Swimming against the current of mediocrity
tomb raiders
logged 14 hours on the clock yesterday. but it was an anomaly day, so i didn't feel as physically fatigued as usual. the night ended with a lecture at the opera house by egyptologist dr. zahi hawass, probably most notable for his discovery channel specials and indiana-style...
celebrity
oscar is famous! no, not the little gold statue. but my neighbor for eight years. mom recently sent me this newspaper clipping about our neighborhood pig. we didn't really know he was still alive as he stopped roaming the streets and eating our garbage years ago. but...
 

Renee Harris

MadeOn’s Start-Up Blog

getting my business off the ground
Google Paid Me $100 to Use GoogleAds
Google lured me to their site with a $100 certificate to try Adwords. (Tip: Sign up for GoogleAds, even if you don't plan to use it yet: go to Google's website, click Business Solutions below the search line, and then click Adwords). I was impressed with the...
Permission Marketing Asks People to Opt In
I've been inspired by Seth Godin's Permission Marketing to slightly change the way I do things. Since opening shop last year, I've gathered emails from customers and farmers market sign-ups and I've enjoyed keeping them updated, but I also want to respect...
 

tea4kate

It's not "life's illusions", but "life's infusions" that I recall!
'Tis the season for planting...and growing....
This beautiful sunshine calls me...." Come....Come...Come outside. Come dig. Come plant." I heeded the call and ordered seeds !! We've always been interested in the Seed Savers Exchange and used them extensively when we had a big garden at the ranch. In the United...
There's no place like Portland....a fascinating gourmet experience.
Portland, Oregon is a virtual epicurean wonderland !  And we are trying our best to take full advantage of all opportunites every time we have a chance to be there. In our short visit, we were treated to  fantastic Korean food at the  Be Won on North 23rd Street in...
 

Czygyny's Weblog

My world is changing, a victim of outsourcing, but it can be a wonderful time for growth!
Trespassers beware–the sequel!
The drowned truck has been freed from the creek tonight by Lassen Canyon’s tractor crew.  With a grinding tug through gravel and spinning tractor wheels, the vehicle was pulled up on the bank this evening. It is obvious that this was not a stolen rig. Nothing had...
Trespassers beware!
This morning I received a call from a neighbor that a truck had been swept away in our rain-swollen creek. We have been trying to prevent trespassing and keep dirtbikers off our properties and road, so I’ve been elected to be the neighborhood photographer and make a...
 

Susanne

Just Passin' Through...

A place to peruse some keen-- and not so keen-- observations...
Come to Me, My One True Love...
Dear, Sweet, Trader Joe…You know how I love you. Surely, you have not forgotten the days when I would travel, ice chest at the ready, all the way to Sacramento just to take in your goodness, and bring home some small tokens of our time together, have you? Despite the...
The Other Side of the Tracks
When I first landed in Castle Rock for my second job interview (the first interview, thankfully, was by phone), I was rather unimpressed with the environs. Much of Castle Rock's north end is strip malls, shopping centers, big box bonanzas and the like. It feels plastic,...
 

James Rickert

Perspectives in Agriculture

Blog from James Rickert, a fifth-generation Shasta County agriculturalist, partner in his family's business, Western Agricultural Services. Western Ag
Reality?
Haven't posted much since I've been back home. I've considered it, but work deadlines (argh, gotta get this appraisal done!), baby and the CPA wife in tax season keep me pretty busy this time of year. Last weekend had a few rounds of friends over to share some Peruvian...
Otovalo, Ecuador to Redding, CA
The next morning we woke from our slumber with a slight headache of the abundant South American wine flowing from our finale dinner. We boarded the busses and headed into Otovalo. The first stop was a livestock auction. When I was younger, my parents had an office at the...
 

Erin Friedman

Still Married

Fresh tunes with North State Roots - Shasta County Country.
And the Oscar for best perfomance by a Christmas Decoration goes to....
......Drosselmeyer, the plastic owl.During December, our owl perches at the top of our Christmas tree:The rest of the year he bides his time in the front hall. But last week he was conscripted to duty just outside the front door. His mission: Keep those blasted, messy...
Super Soup
This soup is a staple at our house in the winter. I made it the other day with Funari's Italian Sausage and was VERY impressed by how lean and meaty this sausage is. And flavorful -- and LOCAL.Find these spicy treats at the Holiday Market or at Leatherby's in downtown...
 

Purple Houses

Who cares what the neighbors think?
Creature from the fictional lagoon
Filled out my forms at the eye doctor a while ago and put 'writer' as my occupation. (I've put myself in this mindset now, income be damned.) Didn't think much about it but then the assistant got a hold of my forms. Her: "You're a WRITER?!"Me: "Um, yes."Her: (Pause) "I...
Looking glass
So I had a little post-graduation depression. And I was freaking myself out thinking, all that money, time and effort can be wiped out by one lousy query paragraph. I’m thrown back into this pocket of uncertainty. Searching for an agent, searching for a job at the same...