Amy Stewart stands at her purple front door with the neighbor’s cat in her arms. The flowers alongside the entry seem unable to contain themselves and rocket toward a cloudless sky. Stewart, author of seven books, (four are New York Times bestsellers), makes her home in a yellow Victorian on a quiet street in downtown […]
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The Horsewoman
“Whoa now, stop that!” Sis Bruner is hollering at her horses. Her silver ponytail sways against her curved shoulders as she loads horses into the trailer for the next ride. “Back up girl, come on, Peach.” An Orick native and the daughter of a dairy farmer, Bruner grew up out by the little red schoolhouse […]
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Oars in the Water
When he gets wind of my plans to go rowing on Humboldt Bay, my husband eyeballs me sternly over his reading glasses. “Be careful.” he warns. “One wrong move and you could fly out of the boat.” A friend suggests I start doing pushups immediately. My mother reminds me to wear a lifejacket. With this […]
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Get Aqua Cultured
Whether you’re in town for a few days or have lived here 30 years, a Humboldt Bay oyster tour must be put at the top of your adventuring bucket list. It offers a perspective of Humboldt County and the oyster industry you just can’t get from land. With the mountains in the distance and salt-spiked […]
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Apples by the Pint
What goes into making hard cider? “Apples and yeast — and love,” according to Humboldt Cider Company’s Darren Cartledge. Well, that and some cash. He and wife Michelle Cartledge, along with fellow co-founder Jamie Ashdon, launched a Kickstarter campaign last fall. In 45 days, supporters donated more than $37,000 and set the fledgling company on […]
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Hot Wheels
After her camping gear was stolen at the World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival in England, Jennifer Thompson found herself regrouping with friends in the medical tent. As Brits are wont to do in a crisis, someone kindly brought her a cup of tea. “That cup of tea stuck with me,” she says. Later, […]
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All Hail the Queen of Kale
Watch a few of Meagen Baldy’s cooking videos and you might just think you’ve found a new best friend. Approachable, spunky and down to earth, she films Cooking Healthy in Indian Country in her own kitchen. Her show airs on the Access Humboldt TV network and has hundreds of followers on YouTube. A Hoopa tribal […]
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Saddle Up!
I’m fresh off the trail with Sis Bruner of Redwood Trails Horse Rides. An Orick native, Bruner grew up out by the little red schoolhouse just south of town. As a young girl, when her dad wouldn’t buy her a horse (because you can’t milk a horse) she rode a dairy cow instead. “Years ago,” […]
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Toad in the Hole
My English husband has a love of sausages that I will never fully understand. Same with potatoes: roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, jacket potatoes, potatoes au gratin, new potatoes, potato cakes. Pretty sure Jon would divorce me and marry a potato, given half a chance. Raised in Arcata on a steady diet of tofu, brown rice […]
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Pretty Fly
You may have noticed those giant kites in the sky above Clam Beach and wondered what’s going on out there. It’s kiteboarding, also known as kitesurfing. It’s similar to wakeboarding or waterskiing, but instead of being towed by a boat, you are pulled along by a giant, steerable, wind-borne kite. “Kiting is like rubbing your […]
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A Goosenecking Sight at Clam Beach
I suspect I’m not the only Humboldt-er who finds myself meandering down the beach keeping a gentle eye out for seafaring debris from Japan’s 2011 tsunami – you know, a skiff, a soccer ball, perhaps a motorcycle? It’s fascinating to think these wayward objects, gone astray in the midst of one of this century’s worst […]