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Menu Please: Carnegie’s – The Devil is in the Details

Andrew Carnegie was a Scot who emigrated to America and made an enormous fortune in steel. In 1889 he wrote an article titled Wealth, promoting his view that with great wealth came great responsibility. When he turned 65 in 1900, he began… Continue Reading

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Downton Abbey’s Newest Episode Brims with Sizzle, Scandal

Editor’s note: This comes to us by Chad Grayson via KIXE, the PBS station that hosts Downton Abbey the popular program that aired last night, Jan. 4 after its between-season hiatus. This article may contain possible spoiler alerts for those… Continue Reading

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January 2015 in the Garden & North State Calendar of Gardening Events

It’s a new year. And in the first days of this New Year, I’m planting a new garden. In many ways, this garden – like this year – is a blank slate. The new garden is on an oddly shaped… Continue Reading

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Mistress of the Mix: Tapes Y Tapas

Remember when mix tapes were actually tapes? Back in the day, like 30 years go, before the cd? Before iTunes and iPods and iPhones and iPads and iWhatever else? Those were the days. I was a first year college student… Continue Reading

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85-year-old Grandmother’s Home Burglarized As She Slept – But Angels Kept Watch

The child-sized white angel with her face turned skyward has held her horn-blowing pose for a month to celebrate Christmas from the top of 85-year-old Darliene Johnson’s rooftop. If only the angel could have trumpeted a warning. After all, the… Continue Reading

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Scenes around Mt. Shasta – Sightseeing in a Winter Wonder Adventureland

The weather was beautiful the day before Christmas Eve so we decided to take a trip up to the Mt. Shasta area. Our first stop was to Castle Lake to the west of Mt. Shasta City. Surprisingly, Castle Lake at 5440 ft.… Continue Reading

Deadline for Sundial Film Festival Looms

The 2015 Sundial Film Festival will held in Redding, CA again at the historic Cascade Theatre on March 14, 2015.    The deadline for submission of films and photographs is this Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 11:59 PM.  If you have… Continue Reading