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Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder Daily Photo Carrying a fortune in Pharoah’s gold, hand beaten in a glowing band around a shiny obsidian stone, she savors the knowledge that wealth lies in…
Unzipping the Medical Marijuana Controversy: Mendocino Sheriff and Supes talk Zip Ties
Marijuana Starts Daily Photo With the beginning of the outdoor grow season, Mendocino Sheriff Tom Allman has pushed his zip-tie plan for medical marijuana to the front of the agenda. Monday…
Clematis Close-up
Magic in the Morning Light Daily Photo I bought this Clematis and another last year at Redway Feed, one of my favorite gardening supply stores. I loved them so much I bought…
Mexican Congress Debating Legalizing Marijuana
For the next three days, the Mexican Congress is debating the pros and cons of legalizing Marijuana. Although the debate is not expected to end with action, the discourse indicates that world…
Petal Embrace
Petal Embrace Daily Photo I usually prefer the native yellow poppies to the blazing "Caltrans" version but this one, gently enfolding the leaf of a neighboring daffodil, delighted me.
Unfolding
Unfolding Daily Photo As the poppy unfolds, a question mark forms from its pod—as if it were unsure of its beauty. Similarly, a local writer sold her first story to a…
Sunlight on Shadowed Poppies
Poppy Triplets Daily Photo I've been gardening, preparing for my annual Easter Party. Some parts of my garden dazzle me—mostly the parts I had the least to do with. __________________
Flight—Youth Alive's Outdoor Adventures Takes Off
Flight Daily Photo Update for those interested in the Youth Alive! community movement here in Southern Humboldt. Struggling to reduce the large numbers of young people dying in our rural county, on…
Little Brown Birds
…I walked today in the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The wetlands attracted many large glamourous birds but my favorites were the little, brown, happy fellows chirping busily about their day. I…
Heart of the Calla Lilly
Heart of the Calla Lilly
Early Morning with Wildflowers
…Excited and barking madly, the two happy creatures bounded madly after the cattle. Reluctantly she called them in because, as she explained, she worried the dogs might get cactus spines in their…
How to Sprout Seeds for Planting
Sprouting the Seeds Daily Photo Recently, I heard of a new way to sprout seeds for planting and the mother in me smiled at dark warm wombs for baby seeds to grow…
At a Loss for Words to Say How Bee-utiful Something is?
Soused Daily Photo Drunk on hyacinth nectar, the bumblebee (and several of his friends) failed to go home. In the morning, he awoke still soused and feeling blue. _________ Hey, if you're…
The Secret Sleep of Bees
Sleeping Bee Daily Photo The rain this morning covered the garden with a dusting of diamonds. This little bee lay snug asleep in his own bucket of sunshine.
Spring!
…Remember also today is the first day of the long awaited Monologues here in SoHum. Tonight at 8 at the Mateel Community Center. March 20 or 21 at 8:00 at MCC…
Notes
…Cristina Bauss has written a wonderful new piece based on information from Emma Worldpeace that compares the drug use and death rates of Southern Humboldt youth to those of youth statewide. The…
Dark Angel
…Yesterday, as I looked across the wide valley, I saw her, a dark angel. For a moment against the sky, she hovered, strumming one solitary cry against the harp of her beak…
A Pair of Baby Blue Eyes Makes the World Right
…The soul is helped by learning to recognize goodness in others and in the world… ." In my opinion, the mere sight of the flower itself on a sunny day will dissolve all…
Upclose and Personal
Upclose Daily Photo Spring steps onto the stage this Friday, March 20th (locals, don't forget that the Monologues also premeirs on that date, too). These Shooting Stars will bloom and be…
When Marijuana is Legalized…Let's Think Proactively
Professional Clippers abound in the Emerald Triangle Legalizing marijuana has become a question not if but when (probably not in the next year but, almost certainly in the next twenty). The problem…
Searching for Answers: A SoHum Forum on Creating a Healthy Environment for Teens
Searching Daily Photo As a community with roots deep in the illegal marijuana trade, questions have always been asked about the effect of this on our growing youth. On the one hand…
Humboldt Hillbilly
Humboldt Homestead From the Back-to-the-Land Movement of the '60's Daily Photo The Humboldt Hillbilly grabbed up a chair and joined in the conversation today. Bubba T. Briarhopper, as…
Spring Forward
…A commenter on the Washington Post disputes that. She says here, "Until a couple of years ago, parts of Indiana did DST and others did not. So when the whole state went…
In Honor of Humboldt's Varied Weather
The Million Colored Bow Daily Photo In the midst of a serious drought, the weather this past day and a half splashed through rain, hail, sleet, snow, thunder, lightning, even an earthquake…
Turkey in the Rain
Turkey in the Rain Daily Photo In large gobbling flocks, wild turkeys strut unconcerned through the hills of Humboldt. Some of them taunt our dog by gawking at her from the ridges…
Rain on Wild Blossoms
…When you see the blooms you'll know why. wild currant berries Full blooming wild currant
Hearts and Minds, Monologues and Dialogues from SoHum
When neighbors gather, sitting side by side, to watch friends weave stories from the threads of their lives, magic happens. Hearts and minds unite in a communal experience of joy, sadness, and…
Marijuana Culture on the North Coast: KSLG Interview with Eric Sligh, Sohumborn, and me
Are marijuana growers like the wealthy rabbits in Watership Down whose riches come at the cost of a Farmer’s snare snatching one of them every once in awhile? Two weeks ago…
The Cat Wants In
When I get my Claws on You…! Daily Photo Sleeker, an excellent mouser, announces her desire to come in by leaping to the window (abt 4 ft off the ground), clutching the…
Sohumborn Decision Creates a Hole in Humboldt Blogging World
Wings across the Shadows Daily Photo Dipping in and out of the (of necessity) shadowy marijuana culture, for a few short months, Sohumborn provided the North Coast with vivid stories about a…