It’s been a sad week in Tehama County. Chip Thompson, my editor at the Red Bluff Daily News, passed away at much too young an age. Seriously, 57 is not ok. I have t-shirts older than that. They don’t fit… Continue Reading
Can you believe it’s Thanksgiving already? We will be celebrating with the Corning cousins at Java Lanes, their bowling alley. Wait – Thanksgiving in a bowling alley? That sounds…like the most fun thing ever. Everybody brings way too much food… Continue Reading
I took Toby, the sweet abandoned border-collie mix, to his forever home last Monday. We drove to Canby, OR – just outside Portland – to meet his new mommy. Sandra has a beautiful 17 acre farm where she grows veggies… Continue Reading
We are in Dog Hell. Our neighbors down the hill are selling their place and not taking their dogs. They bought the house a couple years ago but have never lived in it. They just used it to grow cannabis… Continue Reading
I hope your week was as good as mine. Mr. Standish and I finally hiked Brokeoff Mountain in Lassen Park last Tuesday. It’s the Big Kahuna. The Beast. We nixed it the week before because it was cold, windy, and… Continue Reading
It’s Pie Baking Thursday – the day when ovens all over Manton are filled with apple pies that will be sold Saturday at the Manton Apple Festival. Volunteers have already spent weeks peeling and coring apples, making filling, rolling… Continue Reading
Thanks to all of you who reached out with concerns about our safety during the Forward Fire here in Manton. It broke out on Fri., Sept. 9, on Ponderosa Way down by Digger Creek. Apparently, a car caught fire, but… Continue Reading
Congratulations on emerging sweaty but alive from the hellish temperatures of this past week. We hiked the Hat Creek trail out of Old Station just before Mother Earth turned up the burners. The trail is in Lassen National Forest and… Continue Reading
Don’t you just love weddings? I am not a huge romantic, but weddings always bring it to the surface. I had the privilege of uniting two people I adore in marriage a few weeks ago and it was a perfect… Continue Reading
Mr. Standish and I visited Lassen Volcanic National Park on Wednesday with no game plan. Our original intention was to hike in the National Forest off Hwy 36 near Mineral, but I had forgotten to gas up the car in… Continue Reading
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