Shasta County, this post is for you.
I am quiet by nature and prefer to avoid confrontation. And yet …
I find myself in a moment when it is important to speak up. I am in my 12th and final year of service on the Shasta County Board of Education. Continue Reading
When the California and Oregon Railroad bypassed the old mining town of Shasta, its merchants faced a hard choice: remain with the community where they had built their names or gamble on an uncertain settlement rising on the Sacramento River… Continue Reading
On the human stress-o-meter scale, driving a car that’s nearly out of gas in pitch-black darkness on a narrow, curvy, country road scores right up there with the stress of sleeping through an alarm when you’re supposed to catch a… Continue Reading
I’m trying to find the right way to say this without coming across as hostile: People of Happy Valley, y’all really need to manage your dogs better. It’s a nearly weekly occurrence that a dog has escaped its property to chase me down, attempting to attack me. Continue Reading
When trust is broken, there’s almost no regaining it, especially when the relationship lasts as long as mine; nine years. As I look back over those years, I wonder if things might have been different had I shown more gratitude… Continue Reading
The North State’s hot weather can leave any time now. Seriously. I’ve had it. I’ve never denied that I’m a heat weenie. But I don’t think I’ve ever admitted how much I hate our North State’s summers. Really. I hate… Continue Reading
Nearly 1,700 athletes and thousands more spectators and volunteers converged upon Redding, California, over the weekend to participate in the city’s first-ever Ironman 70.3 triathlon event. Technically, although the event is billed as a triathlon, the running portion is equivalent… Continue Reading
Like all edible novelties, I approached my first charcuterie-board experience with curiosity. First, I had to learn how to pronounce the darn thing: “Char cute er what?” According to Wikipedia, the word charcuterie is French, and combines “chair” (flesh or… Continue Reading
I’m a good cook, but I wouldn’t dream of bringing homemade ice cream to a family gathering. I know my place. That honor is reserved for twin Shelly Siler, who’s mastered the art of making a delicious homemade vanilla ice cream. Continue Reading
It’s an unspoken North State rule that we residents don’t complain about our unbearable heat. To do so is considered whiney and in poor form. Instead, we keep our mouths shut and endure successive triple-digit temperatures as if we aren’t… Continue Reading
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