Last week I finally took myself up on my bucket short-list for a solo train trip. Off to to Portland I went to visit my daughter for a few days. Booking a ticket was easy. Go online, choose your dates, pay with… Continue Reading
It’s a warm Saturday morning at the Shasta Dam Area Little League Fields. Gray pines and maples surround the fields where baseball, that great American sport, is in full swing. The players are here, decked out in their jerseys with… Continue Reading
Today I chat with Jamie Weil, a Cottonwood writer who has an amazing success story; actually a couple of success stories.
I’ll let her explain.
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It started so innocently, with a friend’s seemingly simple question: What’s the history of the little A-frame building on Athens Avenue in the location of the now-closed Coffee Creek Cafe? I reached deep into my memory bank, way back into the ’60s and ’70s,… Continue Reading
Although 54-year-old Ian Charles Gill died five months ago, his family and friends are pretty sure the Redding man was watching over his in-laws, Joann and Butch Hall, at the Boston Marathon Monday. Some people also wondered whether Charlie lent a hand to his sister-in-law, Amy Lynn Spencer, so she… Continue Reading
You may have started yesterday morning as I did, with a cup of coffee, checking emails. Maybe you then did as I did, and moved on to Facebook for a quick check. April 15. Tax day. Patriot’s Day. Another series of Facebook jokes, baby… Continue Reading
ASHLAND, Ore.—Theatergoers have plenty of thoughtful and entertaining options for live performances this season at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Bill Rauch, the festival’s artistic director, is directing two of the 11 plays, which include three world premieres and one U.S.… Continue Reading
ASHLAND, Ore. – Our theatrical neighboring town to the north recently kicked off its 2013 season with a new executive director at the helm of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Cynthia Rider, a Kansas City native, has stepped into the considerable… Continue Reading
Today we talk with Steve Callan of Redding, a former warden for the California Department of Fish and Game. His book, “Badges, Bears and Eagles,” was recently published.
Hollywood likes to pretend that things aren’t political when they are.  It’s that bi-partisan nationalist myth that if both corporate parties agree to cheer for the empire, then everyone cheers for the empire.  It’s gotten so bad now that races like the Oscars and… Continue Reading
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