Archive for December, 2006
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 [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Dave Mitchell,Personal,Point Reyes Station by DavidMitchell
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 [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in General News,Inverness,Marin County by DavidMitchell
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 [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
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 [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
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) [...]
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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. — The Independent (London) [...]
