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The meadow holds her breath this morning– Exhaling nothing. Even the grass frozen As she lies mute and bound The rounded hills of her chest tight with life restrained With cries she dares not sound. A captive, petrified in the steely chains of Winter, Waiting for the summer sun or even its paler solstice twin To heat her
Read moreReportedly, the arrest of tribal council chair and his wife and daughter as well as others in a series of raids on the Round Valley reservation last September turned up the heat on long simmering tensions between native people and law enforcement. In a meeting of the Round Valley Tribal Council set for January 4th, the issue of tribal sovereignty
Read moreEllen Komp, Cal NORML’s Deputy Director and denizen of SoHum listed the most under-reported pot stories of the year for Cannabis Culture. 10. Medical Marijuana Smoker Wins the Iditarod For the first time, Iditarod mushers were tested for marijuana this year, possibly a policy targeted at three-time champion Lance Mackey, a cancer survivor open about his use of medical marijuana
Read moreCome to harvest in Humboldt where even the lint catchers in laundromats may hide pot. Join my co-reporter, Lisa Morehouse, and I as we talk with locals to explain how this small area’s financial picture is evolving. Lisa is working on a series called New Harvest:The Future of Small Town California for radio. Two of her pieces have already been
Read moreSeriously, a lovely local lady is looking for a job. Just recently, she managed a spa. Below is her resume. If you know of work that would suit her, look below.
Read moreMy husband doesn’t look like an arsonist but a former neighbor and aspiring novelist, David Frankel, recalls on his new blog the time when Kevin set the Salmon Creek hills on fire. David gets a few details wrong but the story is well written and funny. How to Catch a Rattlesnake by dustybritches If you want to catch a rattlesnake, the
Read moreHumboldt Growers Association lobbyist, Max Del Real, features in the latest post on Weed Wars–The Sacramento Bee’s Marijuana blog. Below is an excerpt. The smooth-talking Del Real, a product of Sacramento’s Jesuit High School who graduated from UC Berkeley with an English degree and a specialty in rhetoric, also emerged as perhaps California’s best known marijuana industry lobbyist. Del
Read more[slideshow] T’was two months after harvest, when on sites by the Coast, Gathered hundreds, nay thousands, who loved marijuana the most. The buds had been taken from trimmers with care, In hopes that a cannabis cup soon would be theirs. The growers were nestled all snug in warm threads While visions of winning danced in their heads. And my friend
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