Archive for April, 2007
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Marin’s hyper-defensive Sheriff Bob Doyle ‘stays the course’ despite blunder and gets county government & others sued
Despite not holding the reins on his team, the ever-political Sheriff Bob Doyle takes part in the Western Weekend Parade. . As some of you no doubt read in The Marin Independent Journal, atty. Ladd Bedford on April 12 filed on my behalf a false-imprisonment lawsuit against the County of Marin and sheriff’s deputy Josh [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Dave Mitchell,General News,History,Marin County,Personal,Photography,Point Reyes Station,The Point Reyes Light Newspaper by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part XIII: ‘Who’s the Head Bull-Goose Loony Around Here?’
I need merely to look out my cabin windows to see it all around me — among the deer, horses, and red-winged blackbirds, among the raccoons, steers, and bluejays. It’s the unending struggle by each species to maintain its pecking order. The pecking order — which is sometimes called “dominance hierarchy” or “social hierarchy” when [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Photography,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife,agriculture by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part XII: April showers ‘cruel’ with ‘no regrets’
Too many rainbows? The first week of April, it rained at my cabin virtually every day or night. A factoid reflected in this photo from my deck is that the sky is always darkest outside the arc of a rainbow. The reason is a bit complex, but if you want a good explanation, check the [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Dave Mitchell,Personal,Photography,Point Reyes Station,Uncategorized,agriculture by DavidMitchell
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Nature’s Two Acres Part XI: The perky possum
One of the odder events in this long-running saga called Nature’s Two Acres occurred Saturday night. (The two acres, of course, is my pasture surrounding this cabin in the hills above Point Reyes Station.) It all began when Dee Goodman, who is visiting from Mexico, and I went out on my deck at twilight Saturday [...]
