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Spring comes to Humboldt

Every year is different in far northern California. Daffodils bloomed at the end of January, trees flowered in February. Temperatures got down to about 40 F. at night, rarely lower. Daytimes were warmer, though only in the low 50s, though that was nicer than anywhere else in the country. Until last week when it beganContinue reading “Spring comes to Humboldt”

You Don’t Turn 100 Every Day

DEAR READER: IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF THIS EVENT TO SHARE, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO ME AT WCREAMER151@GMAIL.COM AND I WILL ADD THEM. THANKS! This post may take some time to load fully. It includes two video clips, a slide show and quite a few large photos. The end of January is not a greatContinue reading “You Don’t Turn 100 Every Day”

“Not My President”‘s Day

I went to a protest against what is wrong with our government today, and discovered that a lot of people think there are a lot of things going wrong. It may be difficult to address these issues overall because there are so many of them. Most people could agree on one thing: There were 300Continue reading ““Not My President”‘s Day”

Humboldt Area Arts Council 2024 Member Exhibition

I submitted an entry for the member exhibition at the Arts Council. Just a few days later, I found that my piece was accepted, and will get some kind of recognition at the Jan. 4, 2025 awards event. This is the first time I’ve entered an exhibit with something that was not a piece ofContinue reading “Humboldt Area Arts Council 2024 Member Exhibition”

Election 2024–Note to Self

Quick! Before you completely forget what you felt when you first knew the election results, sit down and write down the first things that popped into your head. At the end, add a couple of thoughts you’ve had since. We’ll come back and read these in a few years and see what we think. IContinue reading “Election 2024–Note to Self”

Morris Graves Art Museum, Junque Arte 2024

My favorite piece in last year’s Junque Arte exhibit was “The Little Library of Banned Books,” a sculpture made entirely of reused, recycled materials, mostly books. It clearly showed the arbitrary nature of banned books. The artist who made it described the little library outside her own house and the number of times it wasContinue reading “Morris Graves Art Museum, Junque Arte 2024”

Food and Culture in Sacramento

In the opening photo above, you should notice the tall buildings of the business district of Sacramento, the low, gray bulk of the Crocker Museum in the trees along the far bank of the river, and the rider on the jet ski who was swirling up and down the river as we watched. There’s SacramentoContinue reading “Food and Culture in Sacramento”

Historic Sacramento

Sacramento would be a lovely place to live if only they could do something about the weather. It’s October, yet the late afternoon temperature has hit 100 degrees about half of our days here. People quickly learn to get out early and finish walking the dog, taking a stroll, jogging (if they must), because byContinue reading “Historic Sacramento”

Clocker’s Corner

I didn’t think about horses when we were invited to meet up for breakfast the morning after my nephew’s wedding. I was unaware that it is possible to stroll from the Le Meridien Hotel to the track at Santa Anita, either. I wasn’t staying at the wedding hotel, so I followed GoogleMaps to Clocker’s Corner,Continue reading “Clocker’s Corner”

How to Throw a Wedding

My nephew Cy and his fiancee Yessenia got married in the Los Angeles area over this past weekend. It was a small wedding, about 60 guests. The families didn’t know each other well. It could have been a quiet, polite, and only slightly dutiful wedding, yet few of us have ever been to such aContinue reading “How to Throw a Wedding”