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My Juneteenth Revelation of Embracing Culture in Humboldt
My great-great-granny Momma Martha, my great-granny Madea and my granny Jonnie saw the remnants of slavery, the peak of Jim Crow, witnessed MLK Jr. speak and experienced so many other pivotal Black moments that I’ve only read about in books. Growing up in East Texas, everything granny Jonnie did felt like Black History Month, her […]
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Solstice Puzzles
It’s summer solstice — and therefore puzzle — time again! Here are some of the best puzzles to have come my way in the last 12 months for your entertainment and frustration. So, deep breath and … Laterally Yours When this old chestnut was posted in Britain’s New Scientist, everyone got the obvious “aha” answer, […]
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Solstice Puzzles ANSWERS
Laterally Yours 1: Turn the 9 upside down (columns add up to 21). 2: Place the 1 on top of the 5 (20). 3: Place the 3 on the 9 (18). 4: Place the 5 on the 7 (19). 5: Place the 1 facedown on the 4 (20). 6: Place the 4 facedown on the […]
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A Shell of a Time
The Arcata Plaza was packed for the 34th Oyster Festival on Saturday, June 15. Locals and visitors alike stood chatting in long lines for beer and foraged festival foods amid the crowd of vendors and trucks. Meanwhile on the lawn, folks picnicked and danced to live music, and competed in oyster calling in the sun. […]
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A New Season and New Conference for the Crabs
Like a lot of people, I drive by the empty Arcata Ball Park in the winter months, longing for sunny days at the yard. The Crab Grass Band plays in my head with the cheers of “Tip Tip Hooray,” the chanting of “Nanananana BATBOY!” and even our famous hecklers. The promise of summer and Humboldt […]
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Condors Over Arcata
During most of the sturm und drang of the Cal Poly Humboldt protest, I was across the country, on a pilgrimage of sorts to honor my dad and scatter his ashes at one of his favorite fishing spots. By the time I got home (let’s just forget about my unplanned stay in Newark, New Jersey), […]
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The Myth of the Lone Genius
“Last night.” — Fictional lone genius Tony Stark answering when he became an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics If you believe everything you see on the silver screen, you know all about lone geniuses. Think Tony Stark, Doc Brown (Back to the Future) and Zefram Cochrane (Star Trek‘s warp drive inventor). No harm done there but […]