For nearly all of that century, the 1919 made-in-Humboldt movie The Valley of the Giants was thought lost. In 2010, one surviving print surfaced in an archive in Russia. Film historian Edward Lorusso of Maine started a crowd-funding campaign to translate the silent movie’s Russian inter-titles (dialogue and narrative in a silent film) into English […]
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Redway Beach, a Little Yosemite at Home
I grew up in Southern Humboldt but somehow had only been to Redway Beach once or twice, and never in the last 30 years. It’s accessible to the public from Beach Road, but I was guided here this time by my sister-in-law Samantha Wilson and my nephew Henry. Sam has a spa and bed and […]
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Rocket Science
If you’ve ever watched the launch of a rocket, perhaps a Space Shuttle or one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9s, you’ll have heard the phrase “Max Q.” About a minute after launch — one minute 22 seconds, in the case of Falcon 9 — the announcer will say something like, “The spacecraft is now experiencing its […]
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Tales from the CryptTok
Timestamp: Sept. 20, 2023 Location: Trinidad, CA Hey Grave Babies, it’s me, Shyla, your favorite tomb raider! I know it’s been a few weeks since I posted but I’ve been busy with a big surprise for you all! Remember how I told you St. Louis has some of the best archeo-foraging sites of all time? […]
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Humboldt Bay Timeline
Humboldt Bay (Wigi, to the Wiyot people) is actually a lagoon, the largest protected large body of water between San Francisco and Puget Sound. It’s about 14 miles long and varies in width between a few hundred yards and 5 miles, with an area between 11 (low tide) and 24 (high tide) square miles. What […]
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David’s Chair Blazes Accessible Trails in Prairie Creek Redwoods
Wheelchair access is hard enough to find in our paved world. A park trail threading its way through 1,000-year-old evergreen conifers presents countless obstacles that can keep those with mobility issues from fully enjoying Humboldt’s old growth forests. Fortunately, as time passes, more barriers fall by the wayside. And what better time than a centennial […]
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Happy as a Gaper Clam
I said, “Get outta my way, old man. I don’t need your rules. That’s why I’m running past your NO RUNNING sign and diving next to your NO DIVING sign. I’m a rebel and I don’t need you, old man.” At the instant my head hit the bottom of the pool, my consciousness transferred into […]