A sunflower-decorated Nugget blew me away this week. I’m talking about the Nugget Market in Elk Grove. We saw it last weekend when visited our good friends and yours, Food for Thought tech genius Jim Gore and reality-checker idea-machine Darcie Gore. I hadn’t… Continue Reading
As a schoolteacher-turned-boutique-owner, 29-year-old Kimberly Nicole Woods doesn’t just bring inventory into her downtown Redding store, she studies it. She bonds with it. She gets to know everything about each piece. Then the educator/retailer shares what she’s learned with her customers.… Continue Reading
Dear Peet’s: I’ve been madly in love with you most of my adult life. I met you in San Francisco when my father introduced us to one another in his old Chestnut Street neighborhood. Doni, meet Peet’s. I loved you… Continue Reading
I can keep others’ secrets locked up tight. I will take some people’s personal information to my grave without a single spilled bean or escaped cat from even the fullest bag. But when it comes to my own secrets, I’m… Continue Reading
Bruce adopted my rule a few years ago: If a kid’s selling something, we’re buying it. Just on principle. We want to encourage and support kids who are willing to work to earn money. We’re especially impressed by original ventures.… Continue Reading
Two reasons why I love to prepare breakfast more than any meal: First, morning’s my favorite time of day. I awake spring-loaded and hit the floor talking. Bruce, on the other hand, takes a while to wake up. He sits… Continue Reading
By AP/ANICK JESDANUN (NEW YORK) —A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don’t have high-speed Internet access. The findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project challenge the argument… Continue Reading
I’ve moved on to a better place since I was fired from the Record Searchlight in October. I have a great, rapidly growing website. (Oh, oh, stay tuned for a Food for Thought surprise announcement Aug. 1. You’ll love it.)… Continue Reading
Here’s an amazing Record Searchlight story to start your week.   Scene: Record Searchlight, last Monday afternoon. A Record Searchlight customer chats with the receptionist while waiting for some papers.  Details, details:The conversation happened many hours after the majority of north state media (Q97 FM… Continue Reading
With the exception of the SUV with the message on its window, the rest of today’s slideshow photos were taken in and near Igo.
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