It was snowing for a few days and when it stopped, I grabbed my paints and searched for a location in town to paint. It was a beautiful day. This painting is of a home located in Mt. Shasta call the… Continue Reading
I’ve been a passenger on a couple of flights in my lifetime where the pilot gravely announces there’s an emergency, and asks for assistance from those with medical experience. Those announcements always make my heart pound a bit, and I’ll send up a… Continue Reading
I’m a big fan of how technology makes life easier. Unfortunately, it also makes it easier for scam artists to target potential victims. For many, the relative newness of using email and web access for banking, shopping and paying bills… Continue Reading
Perhaps you were lucky enough, as I was, to attend a solar eclipse gathering, complete with special glasses that allowed everyone to observe the annular event without frying one’s eyeballs. I got to see the “ring of fire” when the… Continue Reading
Readers, welcome to our discussion of “Nowhere Near Normal – A Memoir of OCD,” by Traci Foust. This conversation will take place in the comments section, below. For the next book, we will enjoy a hybrid between the online interaction… Continue Reading
Reception for art students of the Shasta Union High School District at City Hall, 2nd Floor, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA, on Thursday, May 17, 5-7 p.m. Student work will be presented in exhibit hardware purchased through a grant awarded… Continue Reading
Third time’s a charm for A News Cafe’s May Literary Minds Online Book Club. And with two e-book clubs under our belts, this session will be a real winner, for a couple of reasons. First, we’ll have more time to read the… Continue Reading
Doni: Hey, everyone, today I talk with Canda Williams, A News Cafe’s sales representative, and my son Joe Domke, the site’s webtender, who works his magic from the Czech Republic. We want to prepare you for tomorrow, a special day,… Continue Reading
As a child, Dave Pelzer’s mentally-ill, alcoholic mother inflicted such severe emotional and physical torture upon her son that his story of survival remains an example of one of the most graphic and gruesome documented child abuse cases in California history. She beat him literally… Continue Reading
Today we talk with Alan Leard of Vintner’s Cellars about the his next wine-and-beer-tasting field trip via bus tour, which happens to be Sunday. Q: Alan, I’ve heard about your guided wine tours for some time, and have always wanted to go. Finally,… Continue Reading
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