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We left the Anderson Valley on Friday the 3rd at 5am. We drove for about 13 hours that day, including stops for gas, bathrooms and food. We got to Kingman, AZ, at around 6:30pm California time. The drive was easy and uneventful - just how you like it. Read More...
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Last year at this time, my beau and I took a wonderful road trip to the southwest. This year we are doing it again, with a couple of twists. Last year we spent a couple of days at the Grand Canyon, a week in Sedona, AZ, then a few days in Death Valley. Read More...
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2011 was not a big year for sales in Anderson Valley. There were ten residential sales and six land sales. One of the residential sales was "distressed" meaning it was either a short sale or an REO (bank owned sale). In 2010, there were 12 residential Read More...
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We've been home from Cabo for about two and a half weeks now and it seems worlds away. We came home just before Christmas to a bit of madness - last minute shopping, a few delayed meetings and decorating the Christmas tree. We did that last on Christmas Read More...
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Today is my last full day in Cabo for this trip; we fly home tomorrow. We were here last year, but in November. The two trips have been quite different. Last year we were here during the tuna fishing tournament, which meant my beau only got to fish a Read More...
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A couple of weeks have passed since I last had a chance to sit and write. In that time I finally visited Hyampom, the town where my beau is working part of the time. It's a very remote, very rural place; it's quite pretty but it has nothing on Read More...
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I have been thinking about the qualities of absence, of longing, and of loss recently. My beau has taken a job that is about six hours away; it's part time but it's not the kind of part time where you work 25 hours a week. It's the kind of Read More...
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It seems the last of our Indian summer is upon us. I have been daily, sometimes several times daily, following the local agriculture weather forecast, checking to see how many more days of sun we have left. My grapes are still hanging and looking fabulous, Read More...
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Last Wednesday I had the most wonderful day. It took a little planning, but it was worth it. It started with taking my horse, Jac, up to where my friend keeps her horse on the Holmes Ranch. We took the boys (our horses) down Holmes Ranch road, across Read More...
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I spent the weekend before last at the Mendocino Women's Retreat, held at River's Bend in Philo. This was the third year I have attended (and the third year of it's existence) and it was as wonderful as ever. In some ways it felt like a reunion Read More...
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It seems as though Mother Nature wanted us to make sure we knew that the season was changing as she brought in a slight rain storm just as we passed through the autumnal equinox. The air and the light have changed; the mornings are cooler, crisper, the Read More...
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I received a call from someone last week asking my opinion on whether or not a Class K building permit makes a difference when one goes to sell the property. According to the Mendocino County Building Department website FAQ's page, "Class K is Read More...
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It's Fair time again! Boonville has been flying the banners for a few weeks and I have seen the carnival people arriving over the past week as well. Entries are starting to be due for judging - my mom dropped off her needlework a few days ago. My Read More...
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When I lived in San Francisco all I had to do for heat was turn up the thermostat and plan to open my checkbook to PG&E and write a bit larger check to them to cover this. In one apartment we had a fireplace but it was more decorative than useful Read More...
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I've been thinking about summer and what that means to me. For many years summer was a period of time defined not by the equinoxes, those floating dates in the latter half of June and September, but rather by my school year. Most of my school years Read More...
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