News, nature, and community throughout the Emerald Triangle
black in blue unbruised Raven soars above/below a foamy sea below/above golden grass and me _________ In a quintessentially SoHum tilt at windmills by attacking the farmer planting nearby (sometimes, we take Don Quixote’s methods of changing the world to a whole new level here,) a local woman is convinced the raven population is disappearing–being poisoned she claims by a
Read morePreschooler with Pot The controversy over marijuana extends into the family life of the grower. Are the children safe? Do they grow up drug addicted menaces to society? Are they traumatized by what they go through? I recently did an article on this for Grow magazine and the piece just came out (though I haven’t yet been able to buy
Read moreHands Frequent Photo “I’m doing it because I have frikkin’ kids and no child support,” Bee says. Bent over a tray, picking through sticky green product for long, tedious hours, the women, and it’s mostly women, who work the clipping tables usually gossip, laughing and sharing stories to pass the time much as quilters might. The silver flash of small
Read moreDisplay Table at this Year’s Emerald Cup Photo by Rohn Jennings UPDATE: Go to Emerald Cup in depth piece here. Will the day come when High Times disdains indoor marijuana? Will diesel and warehouse weed be rejected by smokers in favor of sun bud? This weekend’s Emerald Cup event in Mendocino highlights a new trend in marijuana consumption. When indoor
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Read moreLike many native Humboldters, I married an invasive species-an outlander. And, I can see the good fresh ideas that came with intermarriage between my redneck culture and his occupying army of back-to-the-land folk. Perhaps that’s why I have a soft spot for many of Humboldt County’s exotics listed in a brochure put out by one of my favorite local groups-the
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