Who said we’re in a bad market?
Part 1 I am so sick of hearing “bad market” I almost puke. We are not — repeat, not — in a bad market for homebuyers right now. We are in one heck of a good market, regardless of the… Continue Reading
Village Voices
Paris Sketchbook
It’s been seven years this month since I moved here (the number “seven” seems to be a magic number in life; Seven Days of Creation, Seven Seals of Revelation, Seven Days of the Week, Seven Deadly Sins, The Seven Samurai, The Seven… Continue Reading
Leadership Redding starts with inspiration
A group of 35 classmates from all different parts of the community – the publisher of Enjoy magazine, City of Redding employees, people in the health-care arena, employees of Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, just to name a few, along… Continue Reading
Vintage garments: How to alter and care for them
Q:Â My grandmother died recently and left me all sorts of beautiful clothes and furs. She was much heavier than I am and a couple of inches shorter. Would it be worth having some of my favorite pieces altered? First,… Continue Reading
Freddie and Fannie: Fraud-Greed-Stupidity-Bad-Luck
Our government recently nationalized a huge part of the economy over a weekend when the markets were all closed. Perhaps you’ve heard of housing? It’s certainly a large part of our local economy. Without getting all technical, we can say… Continue Reading
The state of the state, of sorts
About 80 of us gathered recently to hear one of the most enlightening speakers in California, Dan Walters. Dan has been a journalist for more than 40 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers.… Continue Reading
McDonald’s… Here one day, gone the next
If you drove by McDonald’s on east Cypress Avenue on Sunday, all looked normal. What you didn’t see were the plans in place to start the “rebuild of McDonald’s.” Early Monday morning, the old, established first McDonald’s in Redding came… Continue Reading
Relatively Speaking: Genealogy’s family way
Family relationships are fun to study, and become a vital part of every family reunion. One’s relationship with aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandparents and first cousins are readily identifiable. It’s when we go beyond these traditional relationships that the terms… Continue Reading
Who’s picking up the tab?
I chanced to be at the Redding Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 20 between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on private business of my own. Also there for a couple of hours were three public employees that I knew by sight. One was… Continue Reading
Tight financing Market? Think outside the box
Do you remember the days when, in order to buy a house, you scrimped and saved until you had a big enough down payment to go out and find your dream home? How about the days when you could buy… Continue Reading
