Tuesday evening in Redding, hundreds of concerned, curious citizens arrived early to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors’ vestibule outside the board chambers. The expectant crowd crammed together to secure seats inside for a politically polarizing popular agenda item: R4,… Continue Reading
It was a beautiful fall Sunday when I returned some items to The Home Depot. I was almost to my car when a woman I’d seen earlier inside the store with a dog on a leash ran after me and… Continue Reading
It doesn’t take much water for this goldfinch to enjoy a good bath! Photo by Larry Jordan Emily Dickinson famously wrote “Hope is the thing with feathers.” Now, under the oppressive disorientation of Covid-19, massive wildfires, technological manipulation, and political… Continue Reading
April 22, 2020, was Earth Day’s 50th anniversary. It also fell on a Wednesday, which means garbage pick-up day in my neighborhood, and a good time to review Redding’s recycling guidelines. In Redding, all blue-bin recycling items that are collected… Continue Reading
When I became aware of the impending release of Bradley Cooper’s rendition of “A Star is Born” a few weeks ago, I decided to use the occasion to screen the three previous versions of the classic Hollywood tale. The first… Continue Reading
One of the best laughs I’ve enjoyed in a very long time was with my favorite 5- and 7-year olds during a sleepover last weekend. We had a “movie night” complete with what the 5-year-old calls “movie tables” (TV trays)… Continue Reading
Uncles and Grudges For a time, my life’s ambition was to kick my Uncle Owen’s ass. Owen had four sons. Of all of my eleventy-seven cousins on my mom’s side, I was closest with Jim, the second-oldest of Owen’s… Continue Reading
One thousand, nine hundred and eighty-eight years ago, on the back of a winged horse (as I like to imagine it), Jesus Christ miraculously returned to the physical realm after being gruesomely executed by the Romans. Naturally, being the first… Continue Reading
Like many Redding homeless, George Koen spends a lot of time at the Shasta County Library in Redding which features bathrooms, drinking fountains, computers, comfortable chairs, magazines, and shelter from the elements. It’s kind of his home away from… Continue Reading
You may recall back when I wrote my first installment of The Weight is Over, a chronicle of my weight-loss and fitness journey with Matthew Lister at Align Private Training (now Align Redding). At that point – December of 2015,… Continue Reading
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