Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting state spending 10 percent across the board as a solution to the state’s budget woes, and you’d think he called for lacing the water supply with a combination of salt and LSD. Defenders of… Continue Reading
I was driving somewhere with my two sons when the younger one asked, “Dad, how does the blinker know which way you want to go?” I chuckled. My older son smirked. The little one just stared at us. His question… Continue Reading
I grew up in the small gold rush town of Angels Camp as a fifth-generation Angels Camp resident. That puts us there at the first settling of the “camp”. After a few years of college and roaming around this beautiful country, I settled in Montgomery Creek, a much smaller place. I’m a small town girl who likes to put down roots.
I’ve been blessed in my adult life to have friends from all over the world who have shared with me rich and fascinating details of life in other cultures. I’m an activist by nature. I didn’t set out to be, I just am. But try as I might, I have never figured out how to do anything about the big world. To be honest, I feel like I can’t even think about an issue like the global economy. It makes my head spin.
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Growing up in Kansas City, without mountains, ocean or wilderness, I developed a fondness for the raging thunderstorms that lit up the Midwestern skies. So when I moved to Redding, I was disappointed to learn that the rains took place in the winter, when the absence of extreme temperature clashes meant very little violent weather. Boring storms, in other words. Continue Reading
“There’s a bluebird on your windowsill, there’s a rainbow in your sky, there are happy thoughts your heart to fill, near enough to make you cry.” As a child, my grandfather used to have me sing that song as I… Continue Reading
One of the questions I am most frequently asked if whether it’s true that humans only use 10 percent of their brains. If this applies to you—go lie down, because you are brain dead. The brain is wonderfully organized with… Continue Reading
What did you get for Christmas this year? Remember when you were a kid and you ran over to your best friend’s house the day after Christmas just to ask that question? Of course, now that you are older and… Continue Reading
Greetings from Paris! by Doug Cushman PARIS — Preparations for the holiday season here in the City of Lights aren’t much different here than they are in any other big American city. The shop doorways are draped with the obligatory… Continue Reading
Note from Doni: James Theimer’s recent guest speaker essay prompted Jim Gore, one of this Web site’s technical advisors, to forward part of Theimer’s piece to Mary Stegall, Redding’s newly appointed mayor. Mary Stegall is a woman of incredible vision,… Continue Reading
I am proud to present James Theimer, my friend, and also my home’s architect, as this Web site’s first guest speaker. My goal was that our first guest speaker would be someone of great ideas, intellect, civility and conscience; someone… Continue Reading
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