She’s a super scooper
A nod to Kelly Brewer, my friend and yours, for this blog post at Pink Hollyhock with some hot city news.
Holy smoke, great sleuthing. (Wanna borrow my ice cream scoop?)
Doni Chamberlain
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” ~Roger Caras
“I am more of me in France, more of the way I think I am. I’m more awake, more aware, and as far as senses and personality, stronger. Every minute is more of a minute there.” – MFK Fisher
The invasion of creepy, crawly caterpillars
Every few years the north state endures an abundance of caterpillars, especially around oak trees. Today I finally looked up their name: Malacosoma californicum, commonly known as the tent caterpillar.
Here in the country, I don’t mind snakes. And I’m intrigued by mountain lions, coyotes and even bear.
But these fuzzy caterpillars are driving me crazy.
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Stop the presses; start the computers
By Doni Greenberg
Did you hear about The Capital Times, an afternoon daily paper in Madison, Wis.?
The 90-year-old newspaper dumped its print edition and became an online-only newspaper.
How much longer before all newspapers permanently stop the presses and start reporting 100-percent online?
“Swallow a toad in the morning if you want to encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day” – Nicholas Chamfort, French writer (1741 – 1794)
“Writers will happen in the best of families.” – Rita Mae Brown
“The future will be better tomorrow.” ~Dan Quayle
Why is Andy Green gone?
Andy Green, the Redding Convention Center manager, is out of the office. Indefinitely. Where is he? Why did he leave? Will he return, and if so, when? Reached on his cell phone, Green confirmed he was on leave from his job. Green said he would… Continue Reading
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
