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Where can you see the real night sky near Redding?
Light pollution. That sounds ugly, but that’s what it is. For many places on the modern earth, the night sky is not filled with stars. Fortunately, nearby to Redding you can see the Milky Way and other wonders of celestial majesty with the clarity more familiar to our immediate ancestors. This segment of map comes…
Images of metaphorical Manzanita
The living ruddy flesh of the Mazanita flows gracefully over the gray wooden skeleton of it’s past. A living glacier. It doesn’t ask for much. A shallow footing of brittle gravel, or some hardpan clay. Daylong relentless scorching sun. Seeds germinate in nothing less than brushfire. Tenacious Manzanita. Ubiquitous Manzanita. That’s Really Redding.
Merle Haggard documentary gets a thumbs up
Palo Cedro resident Merle Haggard is the subject of this PBS documentary, available here. Below is an excerpt, but it leads you to the full version. Well worth your time. Watch the full episode. See more American Masters. Hag Fans are legion around here, but I admit I never got it. I first learned of…