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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
The Gossip Columnist
“Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea,” as Walter Winchell led off his World War II radio broadcasts. “Let’s go to press…”
Topping the news… A film is due out shortly titled The Penultimate Truth about Philip K. Dick, the late science-fiction writer who once lived in Point Reyes Station. You […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, Point Reyes Station, General News, Photography by dave
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Saying Yes to Change
Former West Marin resident Dee Goodman now lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which was founded by the Spanish in 1542.
This past week, an old friend, Mac Williams, and I traveled to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and ended up spending several days with a former West Marin resident now living there, Dolores (Dee) […]
11 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, Point Reyes Station, General News, Inverness, Photography by dave
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
The Bush Adminstration at Point Reyes Part II: Whatever happened to the Citizens Advisory Commission to the GGNRA & Point Reyes National Seashore?
After three decades of generally good relations between West Marin residents and the Point Reyes National Seashore, how did we end up with a park administration better suited to an autocracy than a democracy? Why does the general public now have only a perfunctory say when major park policies are set?
Frankly, the answer is politics, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Marin County, General News, West Marin nature, Wildlife, agriculture by dave
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
The Bush Administration at Point Reyes: Part I
Fallow deer in the Point Reyes National Seashore range from white to spotted to black. Naturally gentle, they are among the few deer that can be easily domesticated, and they are widely raised for meat. The fallow herd was periodically culled by the park until Don Neubacher became superintendent in 1994. He stopped the culling […]
4 Comments » - Posted in General News, History, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Inverness, Photography, agriculture by dave
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Marin supervisors refuse to tilt at McEvoy windmill
Nan McEvoy’s olive groves on Red Hill. (Photo by Jim Kravets)
It took 3.5 years of permit hassles, but Marin County supervisors Tuesday finally told Nan McEvoy she can erect a 149-foot-high wind turbine at her olive-oil-producing ranch along the Point Reyes-Petaluma Road.
County planning commissioners had previously rejected the windmill proposal in a 6-to-1 vote. The […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, Marin County, agriculture by dave
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part VII: Rats v. dishwashers
Exotic rat at Point Reyes
This week I shot a rat. With my camera, that is. To be precise, I photographed a roof rat foraging under a flowerpot for stray birdseed. It was a lucky shot, for an instant after I snapped the picture, the rat was gone.
For 30 years, I have been aware of roof […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, History, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Inverness, Photography by dave
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part VI: How Flashing Affects Wildlife
Flashing wildlife makes some nature photography possible that would otherwise be difficult at best. *
The results of flashing, however, can be gratifying or frustrating, depending on how one sees things. Flashes often give humans red eye, and I don’t mean conjunctivitis (AKA pink eye). In fact, possums are the species that end up with pink […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Photography by dave
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part V: By Means of Water
“By means of water, We [God] gave life to everything” — The Qur’an
My two acres adjoin the land of Point Reyes Station’s venerable Toby Giacomini, and one of the stockponds on his property is only 10 yards from our common fence. Living next to that pond for the last 30 years has been an education. […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Photography by dave
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Light publisher Plotkin allowed to hold onto portion of his ‘profits’ that came from swindled people
Point Reyes Light publisher Robert Israel Plotkin — a defendant in a federal bankruptcy case growing out of a $77 million Ponzi scheme — will be allowed to keep some money swindled from other people.
That was the word this past week from Plotkin’s lawyer, Robert H. Powsner of Point Reyes Station. Powsner did not reveal […]
5 Comments » - Posted in The Point Reyes Light Newspaper by dave
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Big Pot Busts at My Cabin
As I was driving through San Geronimo Friday, I was reminded of the days when I covered Sheriff’s Calls for The Point Reyes Light. Every couple of years, some motorist would notify sheriff’s deputies he had been driving past the San Geronimo Valley Golf Course when his car was hit by a golf ball. Last […]
