As of this writing, the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency reports it has tested just 62 people for novel coronavirus in Shasta County. Sixty-one tested negative and just one person tested positive,...
Category: Columns
It was two Sundays ago, International Women’s Day, when I finally received my long-awaited Carr Fire Scholarship Auction prize – a birding trip with friends to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. Dan Greaney of the...
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the new Disney/Pixar film, Onward. This fantasy animated film follows the story of two brothers who have 24 hours to get a crystal to help bring...
Modoc County, March 18, 2020—Snow came several days this week, symbolically sealing off residents of the California Outback hermetically from others. In a county where the population is 2 people per square mile, it’s...
The C-word. After Doni’s recent article on the subject of cussing, you might think I mean ‘that’ c-word, but I don’t (yet). These days there’s another big bad c-word in town. You guessed it:...
For once, my hat’s off to Bethel, the megachurch in Shasta County’s midst that boasts 11,500 local attendees. Due to fear of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus pandemic, last week the Bethel School of...
One of the joys of vacation travel is taking a break from the news. The fact that our small hotel at the Fitzroy National Park Island had internet only in the lobby area, helped...
Hello Clever People! Welcome to my review for the new Jane Austin adaptation, Emma. This film follows the story of Emma, a young woman who starts to dabble in the love lives of her...
One of my gigs is substitute teaching. I’m currently working at one of Shasta County’s middle schools. I spent last week washing my hands six times a day and encouraging students to do the...
I was fanning the paper to put in my copier, and suddenly it hit me how much things have changed since my grandparents were alive. No one had copiers, much less a copier in...
