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February 13, 2026

Community garden, a lovely addition

We planted no less than five different herb plants, which was a

MLB: A’s only apply cosmetic solution by firing manager Geren

Unable or unwilling to revise their business model yet

Denial can be Convenient, but Ultimately it’s Deceptive

All of us have troublesome areas in our lives that need to be acknowledged and honestly dealt with, but many of us refuse to admit it. Denial is not a river in Egypt; it's a river that runs through our hearts, a delusion-producing way of thinking that robs us of freedom and power.

Getting Out: Take in the sights of Brokeoff Mountain

In May of 1915, after a 27,000-year nap, Lassen Peak blew ash, rock, and pumice 30,000 feet into the air. But Lassen Peak is only the largest lava dome that has formed around the base of the long gone and much larger Ancestral Brokeoff Volcano. At its largest, Brokeoff Volcano (aka Mount Tehama) was fifteen miles wide at its base and 11,000 feet high. Six hundred thousand years ago, it erupted in an explosion fifty times greater than the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

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Honors

Teachers and Politicians … Puh-Lease Listen To Us

It's been quite a while since I rolled my eyes, shook my head or uttered a dramatic, two-syllable puh-lease about local news. I'm definitely overdue.

Vallie Bishop and the lavender of heaven 

My neighbor, Rich Devlin, asked me to write this week's column

Despicable anti-Latino talk related to subprime mess

We are just now beginning to see the scapegoating that was

Plant of the WeekSnapdragons in a Snap

It's not easy to replace warm season annuals while they are

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