Star Gazer
The untold story of Leslie Woodriff …
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Star Gazer
PLEASE NOTE. Algonquin Books, the publisher of Flower Confidential, graciously allowed us to put an exclusive excerpt online until March 1. Find out more about the book and where to buy it at http://www.algonquin.com/catalog/?isbn=1565124383, or visit Amy’s website at amystewart.com. – The Journal Journal columnist Amy Stewart will be appearing at Northtown Books (957 H…
Talking to a Friend
It’s a Sunday morning and Hello Stranger is off the road for a change. Lead singer/keytar player Juliette Commagere is supposed to be finishing up a new song for band practice that afternoon, but, admitting she’s a procrastinator, she’s more than willing to put the task off to chat. She’s at home in West L.A.…
Ozymandias
There’s no real news to report for the moment, so maybe now is a good time to catch our breaths and ponder a couple of the lingering questions relating to the Pacific LumberChapter 11 bankruptcy case, which was filed the week before last in Corpus Christi, Texas. As we wrote last week, there was a…
Do You Hear What I Hear?
A strange phenomenon descended upon the Arcata Community Center Saturday morning as the fourth weekend of youth basketball got underway. It was … quiet. Once, when play ceased on both courts, there was a moment of pure, breath-holding silence. It was downright eerie. Sure, during each game you could hear the players calling to each…
What lies beneath?
You know that the fight between the Times-Standard and Eureka Reporter is getting down and dirty when the Reporter follows the T-S’s multi-part series on homelessness with a three-part series on dioxin in the bay. Like the homeless series, this is a subject that deserves serious discussion. If there is one thing that connects us…
Jake’s Women – Lively Production, Problematic Play
There’s a particular interest in a writer seeing a play about a writer who is too much the observer and not enough the participant in his own life, especially when one is among those reviewers who began as a participant in theatre – as a playwright, actor, director and even a song composer, and whose…
Lost Coast Triology: Part Three
If you really desire to fall of the map, head down to Sinkyone State Park. It has an almost mythical quality to it, starting with the drive in. From the north, narrow paved roads give way to one lane of dirt a few miles from the rustic visitor’s center at Needle Rock. The muddy strip…
Eat food.
It’s Tuesday morning, deadline day. My wife Amy just left for work; before she took off she saw me staring out the window and asked what I was thinking about. I admitted I was not sure what to write about for this week’s food column. There was the Art of Wine tasting we went to…
