Archive for September, 2008
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Nature’s Two Acres Part XXXIV: A coyote at my cabin
On more than a few nights, I’ve heard coyotes around my cabin, for they typically hunt in pairs, howling and yipping back and forth to keep track of where the other one is. I’ve seen coyotes in the Point Reyes National Seashore, as well as beside Nicasio Reservoir and on Highway 1 near Campolindo Way [...]
No Comments » - Posted in History,Photography,Point Reyes Station,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Preparing for the fire season
Two weeks ago, I along with hundreds of other homeowners in West Marin received a letter from the Marin County Fire Department reminding us what the California Public Resources Code has to say about fire prevention. It was a somber message: “Defensible space is required by law (4290 and 4291 PRC) for all property owners [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Marin County,Point Reyes Station by DavidMitchell
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Telling the Raccoon ‘Scat’
I suspect my parents’ initial inclination was to attribute the disgusting phenomenon to what they saw as the general degeneracy of the era, for it was in the early 1960s that our family began to notice more than a little filth just outside a third-floor window. The second-floor living room of our home in the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Photography,West Marin nature,Wildlife by DavidMitchell
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Faces from the weekly press
Anyone who takes a job on a small-town newspaper, especially in West Marin, has to love the profession. Weekly newspaper people work long hours for low pay, but reader demand for their publications is reassuringly high — so high, in fact, that while daily newspapers are losing circulation, weeklies are gaining.
Here’s a look at people from West Marin’s press, as well as one editor’s observations about weekly newspapers in general.
No Comments » - Posted in Dave Mitchell,General News,History,The Point Reyes Light Newspaper by DavidMitchell
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Tomales, Tomales, that toddling town
Tomales again this weekend showed it’s a town that knows how to party. The 2000 census listed Tomales’ population as 371 (the third smallest of the 14 towns in West Marin, ahead of only Dillon Beach, 319, and Olema, 245). However, the few folks who live in Tomales are known for hosting notable bashes — [...]
