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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Storm-caused fire razes Manka’s
Hot spots at the rear of Manka’s restaurant continued to flare up for hours after the fire had been contained.
Winds that gusted to hurricane force toppled a tree onto Manka’s Inverness Lodge and Restaurant early Wednesday, breaking a gas line and starting a fire that gutted the 81-year-old wooden building.
Trapped. A guest who escaped […]
12 Comments » - Posted in Marin County, General News, Inverness by dave
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Nature’s Two Acres Part IV: Christmas turkeys & where the buck stopped
A blacktail buck in the glow of late afternoon sun as the days grow short.
It was one of those moments when reality becomes surreal — as if the natural world suddenly went running off in all directions. Which is sort of what happened.
As I was about to leave my cabin to get my mail at […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Photography by dave
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
Nature’s Two Acres Part III: Insectivores and Not
I found this garter snake one morning warming itself in the sun on my driveway. Common garter snakes come in innumerable variations and are found in fields, forests and wetlands nationwide. Like this snake, adults average about four feet long. In West Marin, their diet typically consists of tadpoles, slugs, and earthworms. But unlike other […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, West Marin nature, Wildlife by dave
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
My background
Biographical information on newspaperman Dave Mitchell
Editor & publisher emeritus
The Point Reyes Light
Born in San Francisco, Nov. 23, 1943
Point Reyes Light, editor & publisher (1975-1981 & 1984-2005)
San Francisco Examiner, general assignment reporter, war correspondent, transportation writer (1981-1983)
The Sebastopol Times, editor (1973-1975)
The (Sonora) Daily Union Democrat, county government reporter (1971-1973)
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, city hall reporter (1970)
Upper […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized, Personal, The Point Reyes Light Newspaper, Dave Mitchell by dave
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Nature’s Two Acres Part II: The Dinosaurs Around My Cabin
A perfectly preserved fossil of a feathered creature that lived 150 million years ago has provided further evidence to show that modern birds are living dinosaurs. The fossil is a complete skeleton of an Archaeopteryx and shows it had features common to birds and a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called therapods. […]
9 Comments » - Posted in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Photography by dave
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Nature’s Two Acres: A Point Reyes Station Exhibit
Walt Disney’s 1951 documentary Nature’s Half Acre was unusually successful for having such a simple premise: that there is an amazing spectrum of nature to be found on even a relatively small piece of open property. In fact, the movie’s cast was both huge and small — hundreds of little insects, […]
10 Comments » - Posted in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, West Marin nature, Wildlife, Photography by dave
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Dave Mitchell and The Point Reyes Light: The full story of Robert and Lys Plotkin’s litigation
The new owner of The Point Reyes Light has fabricated so much in court papers and public statements that I feel compelled to respond. Related topics included here: Robert Israel Plotkin and Lys Plotkin found to be frequently filing lawsuits. Robert Plotkin and mother defendants in US bankruptcy court in connection with a $77 million […]
19 Comments » - Posted in Point Reyes Station, Marin County, General News, History, The Point Reyes Light Newspaper, Dave Mitchell by dave
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Introducing SparselySageAndTimely.com
So you managed to find your way down here. Come on in. Welcome to my digs.
Keeping a log on the web (i.e. a blog) is a bit like keeping a log on a ship. It includes both a journal of one’s trip through life and reports on significant events along the way.
How a web log […]
