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...
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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...
Uncles and Grudges For a time, my life’s ambition was to kick my Uncle Owen’s ass. Owen had three sons. Of all of my eleventy-seven cousins on my mom’s side, I was closest...
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...
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...
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...
I’m pretty sure I was architect Tyler Hendrickson’s first client to request he pose with his plans in the City of Redding Permit Center lobby Tuesday. It felt like a day worthy of documenting...
A word of caution: Some readers may find today’s subject matter too heavy in the TMI department, or even offensive. Read at your own risk. In all my years of battling my weight, I’ve...
Praise spring! Gone are winter’s high-calorie comfort foods. Not that I ate them, but I’m glad their temptation is behind me, and by behind me, I mean far away, not on me. When it...
Yesterday, as I worked on accomplishing my task – the second to the last independent assignment of the day – of slamming down and picking up 1,000 warrior ropes, I let my mind wander...
