| My Sincere Apologies 20 days ago by iwonderaboutthings The following post was sent to AndersonValley.net apparently in response to a post by Turkey Vulture. I am publishing it for the poster since it appeared in the drafts section and I believe he meant to publish it. Hi- My name is Jim Ball, and I just read your post of 9/10 about my property across fr ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
| Hot Rod Mailbox 28 days ago by bill Saw this mailbox recently out near Clayton, Ca. This is an old town first explored by the Spaniards in the 1770’s. It still has a small “old town” about the size of Philo. All this area is in the shadow of Mt. Diablo and is quite rural. It is however, interspersed with housing tracts. The area is al ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
| Gun Shot Car 54 days ago by bill Whether it’s a bullet ridden pick-up truck or another kind of American Classic I often find something of interest parked in downtown Boonville. I checked the other side of the pick-up wondering if it had perhaps been caught in a cross-fire, but that side was clean. There is a story here somewhere, I ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
| Untitled 74 days ago by Peter Return of the fishes Woke up at five this morning. Eventually, got out of bed and did some work. After a brief snooze later, Lorraine and I went for breakfast with Brian, Anna, Anton and the children to Bill's: a great place for Sunday breakfast. Lovely fresh fruit juices of their own devising, and ... under another sun - anothersun.blogspot.com ·  1 reference |
| Philo California, Small Town? 118 days ago by bill I drove past the Philo sign last week and I thought it said, “Population 1098″. Must be some kids fooling around I thought, and drove on. Then, awhile later I slowed down real slow to get a better look. Sign looked legit. So, tonight I stopped and got a real close look. It’s for real alright. After ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
| The Principals of Writing Well 122 days ago by bill These are Tom Wolfe’s four principles of writing well. The essence of the new journalism he is famous for. “This is about how we do, or do not, write well. 1.You use the devices of fiction. There are four in number. Which means a scene by scene construction. You move from one scene, to another, to a ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
| The Orchards 141 days ago by bill The Valley used to have a lot of orchards. This is a shot of a little house we used to rent next to my aunt’s summer resort (which is currently Wellspring). We later rented a house on the resort property itself, which was also in an orchard, but this photo is from 1945 and I wasn’t born yet. The orc ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
| Six Boonvilles 149 days ago by bill There is a man by the name of Timothy Briner who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is a photographer and writer who is doing a book on all the towns in the United States named, Boonville. Apparently, there are six of them, except the one in Texas is defunct and doesn’t actually exist anymore. Mr Brine ... All Valley Blogs - andersonvalley.net/blog |
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