This Week in H’burg… …Sturgeon Moon
August 11th’s supermoon was the last of 2022. August supermoons are also called Sturgeon Moons, from a Native American tradition recognizing August as the month for catching these large fish in the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain and the Hudson River. This rising moon was...
Crayola Color Crepe Myrtles Abound
Crepe myrtles are known for vivid colors. This vibrant specimen shames the bright red painted curb at Safeway with a profusion of panicles. A panicle is a loose branching bunch of flowers, or if you prefer: a branched indeterminate inflorescence of racemes with pedicels....
Bourgeois Paradise in Twilight of Empire
When you’re young, downtown is where your life unfolds. It starts at 12 with the comic book shop, moves on to the record store and skateboarding, which is followed by clothes at the mall and finally literature at the bookstore, which is read and...
This Week in H’burg… Mister Scribbles’ Masterpiece
Reportedly, 17 years ago this wall at Fitch and Powell was a blank concrete block wall. Often it would be “tagged.” That is until somebody decided to do something about it.
That somebody was eight-year-old Haley Fincher. She and her friends took it upon themselves,...
Once More Unto the Breach
Walking around H’burg, specifically Veterans Memorial Beach Park, I happened to notice a little book on a picnic table.
It’s not every day that one sees a book on Henry V left behind. Especially a children’s book describing a king from William Shakespeare’s 1599 play.
The...
I tried making prune honey bread from an old recipe. The results were interesting.
Earlier this month, I was at the Healdsburg Museum looking through old editions of The Healdsburg Tribune to familiarize myself with Healdsburg’s Prune Blossom Tour, the subject of my latest feature article, and I came across a selection of recipes — prune nut squares, prune apricot pot roast and prune honey bread.
Commentary: Carbon gardening: A dirt simple solution to climate change
Picture this: you’re standing in the bathroom, watching the faucet gushing water into the bathtub. Suddenly, the bathtub is overflowing, and water is starting to flood your bathroom. Naturally, you turn off the faucet, the water stops flowing, and the floodwater stops rising. Phew!...
Flashbacks
100 years ago – March 30, 1922
Fine monuments for two Italians
Beautiful marble mausoleums will be erected to the memory of the late Angelo Lencioni and John Foppiano, leaders among the local Italian colony, and among the foremost men of the northern part of the...
Arts & Entertainment
Christmas music like it used to be, with swing
Now widely known as “The Harlem Nutcracker,” Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote it for Columbia Records, along with film scores and other work. It was met with a sensational reception
