Chapter 62: 1950 • Sonora, California Feb 1950 • Larry’s diary (age 16) Feb 8 Went to scout meeting and signed up with air scouts. Baby Cathy is sick with cut finger. ********** Mom’s ham and cheese sandwiches were our favorite lunch. She ground the... Continue
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It’s surreal, from Obama to Trump, Covid shutting doors around the world for two years, heat waves above 110 degrees in our little buttercup town – then throw in some days of gratitude, fun with friends, rains and earthquakes. So, here’s what’s on my mind... Continue
Each of us is different and in other ways we are all the same. Sameness and difference are two sides of a coin; you can’t have one without the other. In our case, sameness and difference are the products of one billion years or more... Continue
Moments of crises for the capitalist class always reveals (to borrow a phrase from billionaire Warren Buffet) who is wearing shorts and who is bare. Right now, this is one of the least talented cohort of corporate C suite cronies in the history of modern... Continue
Chapter 60: Summer 1949 • Sonora, California 1949: Abbreviated entries of Larry’s diary (age 15) Aug 31 Went to San Francisco and Sellers, Decca, Warehouseman, Dunham, Cariagan & Town were all on strike. Only had one meal, drove back in dark. Sep 2 Washed Carters... Continue
While walking down a busy street the other day I felt reminded of leaf cutter ants. Leaf cutters leave their jungle nest each day and embark upon harvesting; climbing into the branches of shrubs and trees they systematically chop leaves apart and carry the bits... Continue
Last month, the California State Department of General Services (DGS) and the Grupe/Rogal partnership submitted a Builder’s Remedy (Senate Bill 330) application to Permit Sonoma for the Sonoma Developmental Center. The numbers were significantly higher than proposed: 930 housing units, a 170,000 square foot hotel,... Continue
Though we’ve experienced some cooler temperatures and even some light rain this summer, looking out at the golden hills throughout this County makes it clear that the respite we had is over, the vegetation is dry, and fire season is here. Now is the time... Continue
When squirrels lay flat on tree limbs and ravens pant through their beaks, you know it is unbearably hot. I mean it’s been dangerously hot this summer for beast and man as well as for plants, soil, creeks, and the ocean. Indeed, the summer of... Continue
Our American culture famously celebrates freedom of expression. Freedom of speech is invoked as a catch-all justification for the most hateful of sentiments; the ACLU, defender of the First Amendment, has gone to court to protect the right of Nazi’s to march publicly while displaying... Continue