today
6 a.m. Canstruction® Bayshore Mall
read >9 a.m. T-ball Registration Boys and Girls Club Teen Center
read >9 a.m. Doris Niles Humboldt County Science Fair Humboldt State University
read >11 a.m. North Coast Parents Outing Mad River Hatchery
read >6 p.m. Family Resource Center and Challenge Day Cher-Ae-Heights Casino
read >6 p.m. JD Jeffries Beachcomber Cafe
read >7 p.m. Chris Chandler/Paul Benoit Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
read >8 p.m. Muddy's Open Mic Muddy's Hot Cup
read >8 p.m. Open Jam with King Bee Boiler Room
read >9 p.m. Dolla Bill's Karaoke Six Rivers Brewery
read >10 p.m. HumBrews' Open Mic Humboldt Brews
read >11 p.m. The Smashed Glass Jambalaya
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Vista Point
By Dewell H. Byrd
1. Vista Point
The bluff leans out to the sea
like a pregnant belly.
Windswept willows, sculpted,
cling to the edge.
The soft dark carpet of yesterday
sponges beneath my foot,
greens with forgetfulness
awakened by the warmth of spring.
Clam Beach sprawls, linen soft,
stretches beyond Little River.
Sea stacks, cormorant rookery,
witness tantrums of wind and water.
A crab boat bobs beyond the breakers.
Fishermen harvest a Dungeness feast,
toss bait to gulls wild on the wing.
Children chase plovers in the foam.
This is a day to count gray whales.
2. Pacific Overlook
Bluff leans out,
windswept willows
cling to the edge.
A dark carpet
sponges beneath my foot,
greens as spring beckons.
Clam Beach sprawls,
soft linen,
beyond the river.
Seastacks witness
a tantrum
of wind and water.
A crab boat bobs,
gulls wheel in the wind,
children chase plovers.
I count gray whales.
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