The team at the Anderson Valley Advertiser dug up this little excerpt from Kenneth Rexroth’s An Autobiographical Novel and reprinted it in last week’s issue. This would have taken place sometime in the 1920s. At last we came to the California border and the first day into the state we took a detour away from […]
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The NCRA’s New Play
The North Coast Railroad Authority and the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation district have unveiled a creative new scheme to kill the gathering momentum for a pedestrian/bicycle trail between Eureka and Arcata. The two agencies together will apply for a $19 million grant from the state of California to reopen the northern Humboldt section […]
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Locavorophobia
Take note: Our superstar Dirt columnist, Amy Stewart, has officially banned the word “locavore” and just about everything that fits under its umbrella. Her intervention comes at the precise moment locavorophilia makes its blushing debut. You can listen to Stewart’s take-no-prisoners commentary on All Things Considered on the NPR web site. And you can read […]
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Send Out The Clowns
The large, black, beaked creature that carefully made its way among the risers of the Arcata Playhouse was kind of scary. But young Alexandra was not afraid. She turned in her front row seat and peered at him as he approached. She had a secret. She had met the man who now wore stilts and […]
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Season’s Greetings
As you may have noticed, the Blogthing has been on temporary hiatus as we get to the home stretch of the three-day workweek holiday season. Back soon. In the meantime, please enjoy this extremely entertaining and seasonal video. They say it’s been floating around for a while, but it’s new to me. Maybe it’s new […]
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What happened to the Indigo?
Geoff Brandon had big plans for what, up until 2005, had been Club West. The computer consultant/stock-car racer bought the Eureka business in July of that year and in November reopened it as Indigo Nightclub and Lounge. Since then it’s been a treacherous trail of hardship and pitfalls. Now, two years and one month later, […]
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People of the Crab
Weathervane Almost 6 p.m., dark. Two of the resident boats at Woodley Island Marina have strung Christmas lights from their masts, Vs of cheer hanging upside down in the blue-black night. Other boats lie dark, or with one white spotlight ablaze to aid a last repair. Except on Dock B, where a broad yellow glow […]
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Bess Dove, Part II
Top Tens 2007 This week in the Hum we looked at favorite records of the year from various sources. Since it was for the print edition where space is tight, I kept the lists to a Top 5. I put the word out via KHSU deejay Gus Mozart that I was looking for more lists. […]
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In The News
The EPA has denied California the right to enact its own greenhouse gas emissions regulations for automobiles. EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson said: “The Bush administration is moving forward with a clear national solution — not a confusing patchwork of state rules — to reduce America’s climate footprint from vehicles.” But calling it a “patchwork” […]
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Group Therapy
One day in the not-too-distant future, Humboldt County’s anemic medical community might be on the operating table, with the area’s few remaining doctors trying to figure out how to revive it. According to Dr. Ellen Mahoney, former president of the Humboldt-Del Norte Medical Society, the county will have 40 fewer physicians within the next five […]