July 1-15, 2010
(July 1, 2010) Hank Sims is the sort of editor you meet in a dark alley just after a rainstorm. He’s not much for editorial meetings or conference calls. We ducked under an awning, where the flickering yellow streetlights did neither of us any favors. That’s when I gave him the news. “Dirt is dead,” I said.”I’ve moved on. I’m out.”
Hank didn’t flinch. “We had other plans for you anyway,” he said.
“Oh yeah?” I said.
“Yeah. An almanac for the 21st century. Take your horticulture nonsense and mix it up with lunatic digressions a la Benjamin Franklin. We’ll run it a couple times a month.”
“No. You’re insane. It’s time someone told you.” I turned to walk away. A crow dropped down from the rooftop and fixed his black eyes on us both.
“You are going to open the tomb of Poor Richard and unleash his demons on the modern world!” Hank shouted after me. “Get it to me Thursday!”
And I did. He knew I would.
So here it is: the North Coast Almanack. Benjamin Franklin once predicted the death of one of his readers in the pages of his Almanack, and was forced to run a retraction the following year. Write to me at amystewart@northcoastjournal.com with your own observations and prognostications. Preference given to the obscure and inane.
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Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Pancake Breakfast
food / 7:30-11:30 a.m. Humboldt Grange #501, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road. Monthly breakfast.
Open Gardens
outdoors / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens, College of the Redwoods, Eureka. Roam the 44-acre fully fenced property. $5. www.hbgf.org. 442-5139.
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