The words over at Three Word Wednesday are abuse, cramp and hatred. Something quick and dirty.Luncheonette for the Possessed“There is goodness in you, even though you can’t see it,” she says.
The fork is halfway to his mouth, which is open for

We eat bushels of fresh veggies this time of year -- love the organic produce at the Farmers Markets and our Cottonwood Holiday Market.This Ranch Dip/Dressing is much better - and more wholesome -- than the bottled versions. We go through a lot of it. The secret is the Cow Camp Garlic Season-All:

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are bait, jump and victim.SnareI work through the growing dusk to set and bait the traps.A dozen in all, set strategically along traditional migration paths.Simple snares really, nothing that’s going to tr

She considered in an affliction.The boys would come to call, and while she loved the attention, she could never just accept their sweaty fumblings on her porch on warm evenings, bugs swarming over the single-bulb light her father insisted stay on when callers were present.Many had tried, but everyone failed. She

A few thoughts about freezers as planters, a bush shaped like an umbrella and volunteers honored for garden work in Dunsmuir.

We once lived in a 900 sq ft 3/1 for years, so this 1100 sq ft 4/2 sounds livable to us. It seems in the past, people were able to live comfortably in much smaller spaces than we are generally accustomed to today. Why is that? It’s a question worth considering in harsh

In 1879, under the direction of C.C. Bush, Redding's founding father, and the Masonic and Oddfellow's lodges, the Redding Cemetery Association was formed. The association purchased 19 acres of the Rancho Buena Ventura land grant for $485.50 to establish an...

Please forgive my lack of manners, I have been blathering on about Lani and the problems with family court, yet I did not formally introduce her too you.North state, I present Lani Kitkowski, the chapter leader for "The California Protective Parents Association" here in Shasta County.Lani has experienced the in-

Gary sent me this article. I thought it was pretty funny, and very, very true. Rich people say the darnedest things when you're eavesdropping on them at the Bar Hemingway in the Ritz by Francis Lam The Ritz in Paris is nearly the definition of fancy. A hotel built literally like a pal

A July 17 wedding at the Senior Citizens Hall in Redding is planned by Nichaela Bush and Caulen Hensley, both of Redding. The bride-elect is the daughter of Daniel and Mary Elliott of Bella Vista. Her fiance is the son of Robert and Dixie Hensley of Whitmore. The bride-elect graduated Foothill High School in 2007. She work

Henry Cisneros pinned the housing crisis on greedy Wall Street firms, not government policies he championed as HUD Secretary during the Clinton Administration. Exotic instruments were created to collateralize mortgages then packaged and sold around the world by profiteers wishing to take advantage of the housing boom. H

His crack yesterday about George W. Bush ("It's great to have a president who knows what a library is") was both classless and clueless. Now I'm no fan of Dubya, a phony conservative who put the country on the road...

After the longest (and coldest) winter North Carolina has seen for years, I’m so glad to say that spring has sprung. The weather has been perfect lately, which has motivated my husband and I to start working o

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are fear, ignore and weightless.ConjoinedBetta traced the distance between raindrops on the cool glass with her index finger, idle and child-like, her view of the world on soft-focus.An echo of her own soft voice mentioned casually from the next room that she th

Karl Rove, the Republican strategist behind George W. Bush’s presidency, wasn’t shy about what brought him to Redding on Monday morning

Karl Rove, the Republican strategist behind George W. Bush’s presidency, wasn’t shy about what brought him to Redding this morning.

A man was found dead in berry bushes along the Sacramento River north of the Highway 44 bridge in downtown Redding this afternoon, apparently after committing suicide.

Manzanita is truly ubiquitous around here. The hardy bush thrives in solid clay, hard rock, and parched earth. I’ve sometimes heard harsh language used to describe this tenacious plant, for all sorts of reasons. But then I’ve seen the leaves sparkle in morning frost and dew. And I’ve admired the sculptural

There's been a lot of talk the past week about how nearly half of American households owe no income tax. But how did we arrive here? In part because of some of President Bush's very popular tax cuts, explains former...

When: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:30pm to 9:30pm  PDT Where: Redding Convention Center, 700 Auditorium Drive, Redding, CA 96001 MORE INFORMATION: Event Description: Billy Currington live on Tuesday, April 20th, 7:30pm at the Redding Convention Center with Special Guest: Chad Bushnell. Ticket

Bumper sticker spotted for sale at the flee market, at booth selling, ahem, glassware and other Humboldt County-themed paraphernalia: "I love my country, but I fear my government" I reckon it was printed by and for lefties during the Bush...

That union address was that sucker l-o-n-g. If I were to dissect every bit of deceptive rhetoric in it, this column would be even longer. That’s not going to happen. But there was one section that I found particularly outrageous. Before I get to it, however, I want to mention the folks who were sitting behind our Dis

It’s tough economy. Who can be blamed for asking themselves if this or that house has as much space as I really need, not just what I want? Back in the day, Reddingites didn’t need gigantic homes to survive and thrive. Back in ‘44 when this home was built, a 648 sq ft 1/1 with a one car ga

• I once ran a marathon without training. Hell, I don't know what I was thinking either. When it became obvious I was going to collect yet another trophy for last place, I ducked into the bushes and lit a cigarette. • I write in short choppy sentences because that's the way my mind tosses it out. I've been warned that

Hey look, this big bush comes with a house! This is the only image we are provided of this bank owned home for sale. It’s listed as a 2/2 of 1148 sqft, but that differs slightly from tax records, so that’s worth noting. Prior MLS listings described a lovely backyard, ha

Hello Everyone, Here is some great tips regarding your Air Conditioning System provided by "Home Care Tips for a Happy Home- Coldwell Banker"      Some good routine maintenance tips: To ensure efficient operation, check filters every month. Clean or re

Hey, check out those “aero” style kitchen cabinets. We’ve heard you can get that style at IKEA. You know what you’re in for here, when the best shot of the house is one obscured by bushes. We haven’t seen it in person but we’ll go out on a

The kerfuffle over the "Friends of Ron" list this week brings to mind Morgan's goof last October -- e-mailing a campaign letter on county letterhead. In Morgan's case, she acknowledged telling her secretary to send the letter. Largent seemed to...

House Minority Leader John Boehner (I don’t care what he says, his name should be pronounced “Boner” today accused President Obama of having a pre-911 mentality based on his administration’s handling of the Christmas

The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane - that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration - but what happened afterward, when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was captured and came under the full control of the U.S. go

The Obama administration was embarrassed by a series of revelations about its most radical actions, assumptions, and associations in 2009. While Fox News and the conservatives on talk radio and the Internet broke and developed these stories, Americans following only the "mainstream" media would never have heard these report

Joseph "Cowboy" Keirsey got ambushed last week.

NOW WHO'S DAMAGED? I remember when Bush was considered "damaged goods" and kept off the McCain campaign. After the Tea Party II results in Massachusetts, Obama must be considered "radioactive."

Bicyclist who died on Placer Street is ID'dA 52-year-old Redding man who rode his bicycle into a bush Saturday and died was identified Monday by the Shasta County Coroner's Office as Tom Allen Shuttleworth.

A 52-year-old Redding man who rode his bike into a bush Saturday night and died has been identified today by the Shasta County Coroner’s Office as Tom Allen Shuttleworth.

America has gone from the land of personal responsibility to the land of pathetic excuse-making, from top down, bottom up; and worse, to accepting of excuses – and the entire thing should be a cause for visceral disgust. The ‘culture of excuse acceptability’ has led us to this point, and if we don’t reverse it, it w

Mary is the holy ground where God is present, she is not consumed by the fire of the divine that has come to dwell within her. The white roses of the bush represent Mary’s purity and perpetual virgin

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are ambush, hideous and meddle.ThingJanice Parker has meddled in my affairs for the very last time.Eighth grade isn’t the happiest of times to begin with, but to have a bully who is a girl? My reputation s

The prompt over at Sunday Scribblings is “delicious.”Her CookiesThe object of my considerable consternation has decided to follow me home from school.This is what I get for being nice.If she was a flavor of ice cream, it would be vanilla,

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are hinder, journey and rigid.JourneyMy father sits at the kitchenette, drinking strong black tea in a chipped China cup.Next to the door is a steamer trunk, ancient and slightly moldy smelling; it’s massi

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are bleak, hiccup and queer.Time MachineI return from the university to find my parents have converted my room into a massive time machine.Orange power cords run everywhere, to every wall socket and snake do

A Feb. 20 wedding at Ferndale Community Church in Ferndale is planned by Megan McCulloch of Ferndale, and Jon Busher of Arcata.

Are you one who remembers the many beautiful flowers, bushes and trees that once grew in Judge Eaton's yard? If so, Karen McGrath would love to talk to you. Karen has been hired to create a landscape plan for Judge...

OK I am sure by now everyone has heard and seen the Michelle Obama photo that was merged with an ape.  (See the article HERE) Nothing new here, Bush was merged, and there is a site that merges many famous people, even America hating people like Michelle Obama. Guess what?  Blacks are ranting and raving [...]

Some headlines just write themselves, you know? Helicopter helps police catch naked man on Balls Ferry RoadWith the help of a helicopter, Anderson police detained a "large, naked, hairy man" who fled from them this afternoon after he ran across Interstate 5 near the Balls Ferry Road off

The black-band memorial for Red Bluff officer Dave Mobilio, who was ambushed more or less at random and killed seven years ago today, has me thinking about that case and the crazed young idiot who senselessly killed Mobilio. Other recent...

Local musician Weety was once in the Midwest band “Ambush,” opening for Tracy Byrd. After learning that the bus life wasn’t his style, he began entertaining audiences with a solo acoustic act.

The first telephones at Redding were installed in 1879. There were only three - one between James McCormick's store and his house, one between C. C. Bush and Henry Johnson's office and J. N. Chappell's office, and another between J....

At a potluck, I served this salsa as a side dish with some creamy chicken enchiladas. I had a bushel of pomegranates and substituted the sweet/tart kernels instead of the orange fruit — it was wonderful! Note: There is a print…

At a potluck, I served this salsa as a side dish with some creamy chicken enchiladas. I had a bushel of pomegranates and substituted the sweet/tart kernels instead of the orange fruit — it was wonderful! Note: There is a print…