I write this on Election Day eve, a scary time for the entire country as we await the presidential election results. My hope is that no matter how long it takes to learn of the winner, we Americans will… Continue Reading
Hello, new North State resident! Perhaps you’re a pandemic refugee who’s escaped a big city that’s been in purple lockdown for months. How frustrating that must have been! Welcome! I hope you were able to secure housing, and that your… Continue Reading
I recently read a blog piece by a young woman who described her horror and disgust that a guest entered her home without removing his shoes. All she heard was white noise as her brain fixated on the possible unwanted… Continue Reading
Last night I joined about 60 other people who attended a public community meeting at Redding City Hall hosted by the City of Redding Community Services department. The purpose was to discuss ways to “reinvigorate” Redding’s South City Park. I… Continue Reading
Monday I thought I’d be smart and beat the Thanksgiving shoppers by getting my Thanksgiving supplies early. Apparently, hundreds of other people had the same idea. It was a crush of humanity, clamoring for all the fixings for their Thanksgiving… Continue Reading
Like many Redding homeless, George Koen spends a lot of time at the Shasta County Library in Redding which features bathrooms, drinking fountains, computers, comfortable chairs, magazines, and shelter from the elements. It’s kind of his home away from… Continue Reading
Fifty is the magic age when most doctors recommend getting that first colonoscopy. I got my first one a bit earlier, at age 49, after an immediate family member was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer at 46. She underwent surgery… Continue Reading
Tuesday morning I went to my car, which was locked, as usual. I unlocked the car, but before I got in I stopped in my tracks. My car’s entire interior had been ransacked. All the contents from the glove box, the… Continue Reading
First came the clown. I found him, a colorful, smiling glass-clown ornament, standing 8 inches tall in some bushes in front of my house. It was Christmas Eve. I brought him inside the house. I laughed when I saw him,… Continue Reading
It’s been exactly five months since I bought this 1938 stucco-and-plaster house in west Redding. If I’d known in July the amount of time, money and stress it would take to make this house habitable, I’m not sure I would… Continue Reading
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