Crayola Color Crepe Myrtles Abound
Crepe myrtles are known for vivid colors. This vibrant specimen shames the bright red painted curb at Safeway with a profusion of panicles. A panicle is a loose branching bunch of flowers, or if you prefer: a branched indeterminate inflorescence of racemes with pedicels....
Bourgeois Paradise in Twilight of Empire
When you’re young, downtown is where your life unfolds. It starts at 12 with the comic book shop, moves on to the record store and skateboarding, which is followed by clothes at the mall and finally literature at the bookstore, which is read and...
This Week in H’burg… Mister Scribbles’ Masterpiece
Reportedly, 17 years ago this wall at Fitch and Powell was a blank concrete block wall. Often it would be “tagged.” That is until somebody decided to do something about it.
That somebody was eight-year-old Haley Fincher. She and her friends took it upon themselves,...
Once More Unto the Breach
Walking around H’burg, specifically Veterans Memorial Beach Park, I happened to notice a little book on a picnic table.
It’s not every day that one sees a book on Henry V left behind. Especially a children’s book describing a king from William Shakespeare’s 1599 play.
The...
Reflections on the Flag
Lots of stars and stripes around H’burg this week. Old Glory, here on University Avenue, rests unfurled every day. It’s protected by Plexiglas from premature weathering, the fate of a prior flag. Fireworks were also on display this Fourth of July, returning in a...
Going Clubbing
You’ve probably heard that your hometown golf course is hilly, which means you play a hole that’s several hundred yards downhill, which makes the ball carry forever, and makes you think, “You know, I’m pretty good at this.”
Then you take a sharp turn to...
I tried making prune honey bread from an old recipe. The results were interesting.
Earlier this month, I was at the Healdsburg Museum looking through old editions of The Healdsburg Tribune to familiarize myself with Healdsburg’s Prune Blossom Tour, the subject of my latest feature article, and I came across a selection of recipes — prune nut squares, prune apricot pot roast and prune honey bread.
Commentary: Carbon gardening: A dirt simple solution to climate change
Picture this: you’re standing in the bathroom, watching the faucet gushing water into the bathtub. Suddenly, the bathtub is overflowing, and water is starting to flood your bathroom. Naturally, you turn off the faucet, the water stops flowing, and the floodwater stops rising. Phew!...
This Week in H’burg: Bud Break.
This Week in H’burg is a weekly column featuring photos and fun facts from local photographer Pierre Ratté. Each week we’ll feature a new photo from Ratté along with a fact about the subject matter of the photo.
