Bill Siemer grew up on a farm in Lassen County, played basketball at Shasta JC, went to Vietnam, became a newspaper reporter and then a lawyer and now considers himself a champion of the story that needs to be told. He lives on the bank of the river and takes pictures.
In reply to Mahmoud Darwish. Good for your basil to survive winter. I've never had that experience. I should have mentioned cilantro as among the fragile herbs. They bolt and flower quickly, and just lack any staying power. And dill drives me crazy, because in the Bay Area it grows on the side of the […]
In reply to Alan Ernesto Phillips. Alan, I LOVE this story and I can picture "Mr. Economou" giving you that advice. I'll bet there are lots of other Mr. Economou stories. Thanks for sharing yours. (And I hate the thought of you being targeted in high school. I'm so sorry.)