Such Sweet Sorrow
Farewell to Spring Daily Photo Aptly named, Farewell to Spring comes as the grass turns golden and the spilling profusion of new wildflowers slows to a depressing few unfolding here and there. But, they are gorgeous.
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Indoor Grows in Arcata Face Neighbors' Anger
Rose, on her blog, linked to the Arcata Eye’s opinion piece on indoor grows (I highly recommend reading this short piece) and other marijuana related problems. The recent posts here about diesel grows have been an attempt to open the conversation about one aspect of marijuana production in the hills of Humboldt County. While I personally am for legalizing marijuana
Read moreAllman's Plans: Part ll of an Interview with the Mendocino County Sheriff
Click graphic to enlarge Link to Part 1 of the Interview “We’re targeting known growers now.” Sheriff Allman has been working with other county Sheriffs as well as other high law enforcement officials on ways to deal with Marijuana issues. Just recently, he called a meeting with the 6 Northern counties most affected by pot—Del Norte, Humboldt, Sonoma, Lake, Trinity,
Read moreLast Light and Two New Blogs
Last Light Strictly speaking, there is only one totally new blog in the North Coast area. Cap already noted Highboldtage yesterday. Mendo News is so new, however, its entries are all dated tomorrow. Both new blogs cover news stories–often with a marijuana topic.
Read moreWordPress Problems?
Several bloggers have complained about problems at WordPress today. The Humboldt Mirror noted, “[We are] peeved that the main WordPress site has been down all morning. Where is our beautiful Humbug avatar? Whisked away into the black hole of the Internets, that’s where.” “We’ve probably amassed something like two hits in the past day–and can we see them? We cannot.
Read moreLogs on the Eel River: What do they say about Logging Practices?
The Humboldt Standard January 31, 1958 Fifty years Ago Today The rain pouring down outside melting several inches of snow reminds me of the floods we used to have here in Humboldt in the Sixties and Seventies. And the logs that floated down those raging waters. They were huge and there were lots of them. Two of our best sources
Read moreGenealogy: Highlighting the Colors of the Past
Bubbles like those in champagne climb its glass sides disappearing underneath swirls of etched silver overlay. The bottle’s details are so fine and so old it is hard to see them clearly. Initials etched into the silver are interpreted differently by different people at different times. Currently we think BGD are the most probable. There is a mark etched into
Read moreSea our Quilt
We’ve been making them this way for over ten years. Each woman takes some fabric, a piece of muslin with the sizes marked out, and creates a mini masterpiece. Then these squares are sewn together and quilted to make a full sized blanket- the resulting creation gives us a chance to be a part of something bigger. We are all
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