The latest album from Shasta County country folk duo Still Married, Whiskeytown Roadhouse, is being released one song at a time online. The husband and wife duo is giving away the all-downloadable collection of ten tunes at their website: www.StillMarried.Net. Every Friday, through October 25th,… Continue Reading
You’ve probably heard the philosophy that if only you would just pursue your passions and live your dreams, then your business would fall into place and making money would finally and easily, start to happen. Do what you love, right?… Continue Reading
Francis Earl Sawyer Jr., our beloved husband, father, friend, and colleague, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, after a five-month battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Frank/Sonny/Fes/The Kid was born on May 10, 1943, in Kentfield,… Continue Reading
When our first child came along I became Papa Paparazzi—I photographed EVERYTHING. For instance, when Amanda was a toddler, she was playing in the back yard and turned over a rock. She found a caboodle of creepy-crawly critters and let out… Continue Reading
Redding became the first city to ask the California Air Resources Board to delay pending diesel-truck emission regulations that one council member said would decimate the north state trucking industry and lead to higher prices and empty store shelves. In… Continue Reading
The phrase “tote-bag hell” was first coined during the 1970s for those interminable weeks when public television programming was interrupted every six minutes to beg the viewers to pledge money. In exchange, the pledger received a “token of appreciation” –… Continue Reading
When asked to name some of my most challenging jobs, I tend to recall employment of my youth, before I turned 30. I’ll leapfrog over my earliest baby-sitting jobs (at 50 cents an hour), because those don’t really count. And… Continue Reading
For years, every garment I owned bore my name and phone number. My mom ordered a truckload of labels from a mail-order catalog, and she used them with abandon. It seemed natural… until my best friend noticed. He and I… Continue Reading
When Rocky Slaughter opened for Ben Parr recently at McConnell Foundation headquarters, Slaughter took the opportunity to also introduce his latest website, Amazing Redding.com … A Collection of Reasons Why Redding is Amazing. The site, created by Slaughter’s Sugar Pine Media,… Continue Reading
Our daughter Nicole looked grim as she shared the news. “It slowed, started shaking, and made a roaring sound,” she whispered. “Then it got real quiet.” Nicole’s car—The Green Monster—died in the slow lane of westbound Highway 44 on a hot… Continue Reading
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