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The Woodrose In December 2008, a Southern Humboldt blogger began posting fictional tales of the marijuana culture. Some people were appalled. Most were enthralled. For three months her stories gripped the online community and then, abruptly, she was gone. Even though SoHumBorn pulled her blog, for months her stories were available in the cached version but eventually they, too, were
Read moreMen and women who grew up in the marijuana culture stressed how rarely they talked to others about the weed. The “unspokenness” of it pervaded their existence. The subject was taboo in the children’s lives. Brandon, a newly divorced father of a three year old boy, recalls that “[There was a] group awareness that we should just keep it to
Read moreNude Bicyclist By Joyce Benton Last November, local real estate agent Joyce Benton saw a group of bicyclists riding down the Wildcat into Ferndale. The first one was conventionally dressed …then the next fellow was bare chested in the rain… looking a little Matt Damonish and I gave him a friendly hello and wave, thankyou. Then the next fellow who
Read moreSpring We had about an inch of snow here. The morning is sunny and clear and everything shimmers with tiny droplets of melting ice. Beautiful.
Read moreTom Ammiano’s bill has been modified and I haven’t found the State Board of Equalization’s analysis of it. However, much of the analysis of his older bill still holds true. Here are some excerpts I found interesting. According to the report titled Marijuana Production in the United States (2006), an estimated 22.3 million pounds of marijuana was grown in the
Read moreAnna Hamiltion, local Talk Show host, wants to work with local business people, growers, medical marijuana patients etc. to discuss ways of dealing with the probable coming change in the North Coast’s economy. According to her, legalization will happen and this area needs to do what it can to prepare. She is doing a presentation today at the Garberville rotary
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Read moreIn December 2008, a Southern Humboldt blogger began posting fictional tales of the marijuana culture. Some people were appalled. Most were enthralled. For three months her stories gripped the online community and then, abruptly, she was gone. Even though SoHumBorn pulled her blog, for months her stories were available in the cached version but eventually they, too, were swallowed into
Read moreDetail from a painting by M.R. Robinson Last night, as I cleaned the debris from the kitchen, I more or less listened to a talk show about local homelessness. Like waves on the beach, it flowed in and out of my awareness. A guest spoke about trying to help the homeless. I cleared the piles of crispy plump vegi-tacos and
Read moreA dragonish blossom bites into a purple swirled Who world.
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