The evidence is in: a crimson 36C bra, Lily of France perfume, a few Kessler whiskey bottles (empty), a lone Earth Spirit sandal, an LA museum’s anthropology magazine, a “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” DVD, an Old Homestead carving knife, and a prescription for Vicodin. The ingredients for a particularly kinky party? Choice items from a garage
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We’re throwing a party this weekend, and most of our guests will be “of a certain age.” That would be my age, 67, and maybe a decade on either side. This means a couple of things: First, the party will begin winding down at 9 or so, and by 10 p.m. all but the hardest-core
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“It doesn’t exactly roll off your tongue.” So said one critic when the Tuolumne County staff in November suggested naming a short road leading to the new Law and Justice Center site “Justice Center Drive.” County supervisors delayed their decision for a month, professing to be open to more engaging, mellifluous suggestions from the public.
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This year it came early. Tuolumne County enjoyed its annual 15 minutes of fame on Feb. 12, when a woman, 72, and a man, 62, were caught by the cops naked and having sex in the back seat of a Ford Taurus. They were cited for indecent exposure. That the couple was nabbed in
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Cash tends to bring out the worst in us – greed, deceit, dishonest and all manner of underhanded dealings. But Cash has brought out the best in Renee Clopton, a 34-year-old Sonora-area woman who cuts hair at the Envy Salon in Columbia. Cash, her lost Australian shepherd, that is. Renee’s unwavering, unyielding three-week search for
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“Some assembly required.” The words get my blood running cold. Add that an Allen wrench, a screwdriver, and a pair of pliers are necessary to transform dozens of parts into a useful appliance or piece of furniture, and I’m tempted to send the darn thing back. If I’m in a store, I’ll take a beat-up
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It has come to my attention that a few readers of this blog may live in the netherworld beyond the Tuolumne and Calaveras county lines, and thus have no context in which to put the tales that unfold here. Which is like reading stories of orcs, ents, trolls and hobbits without knowing anything of the
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Had enough of those year-end Top 10 lists – Top 10 news stories of 2012, Top 10 sports highlights, Top 10 people who died in 2012, Top 10 new thing that causes cancer, Top 10 Top 10 lists and more? Good, because it’s time to plumb the depths.
Here’s how desperate Christmas in our household has become: Cards from a state senator and a propane company are enshrined on our wall of Yuletide good cheer. That wall years ago would have been covered with cards from friends, neighbors, co-workers, college buddies, news sources and more. Then I got lazy and quit writing cards
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As a child, Don Brenon sang and danced with some of Hollywood’s greatest stars. He went on to act in nearly five dozen movies. At 87, though, life has taken some tragic turns. Now his neighbors are playing starring roles in helping him through.
