Once again, California has become the frontline for a battle over animal welfare. This November, the issue of farm animals and the space they deserve will be coming to a ballot box.
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This Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., the Merced County Courthouse Museum will hold an open house to celebrate its 25th anniversary. We will take our visitors to all the hidden treasures of the building. In addition to many off-limit areas, visitors will also get a backstage tour of the museum office, registrar's office, textile room, artifact storage room and archives, not to mention the secret place where the original county jail was.
Last night the news showed, many times over, clips of a substitute teacher engaged in a physical fight with a student inside the classroom.
It's over.
"Isn't he so cute that you could eat him?" said Mrs. Catlady. She cradled the fuzzy gray kitten in both hands, though he could fit in one hand without a problem.
A reader told me about a 62-year-old friend of his who has recently decided she has some personality issues that need to be addressed.
The Blazin' Hog BBQ Competition and Zydeco Music Festival is looking for barbecue competitors for its second annual event.
I think I'm having a crisis of self-centeredness. All day I've been wringing my hands over what I'm doing with my life and how much I'm not contributing. I've been fretting about what I have and haven't accomplished, and what on earth I stand for, anyway. It's been the sort of eight-hour crisis that had me prone on the couch, staring at the cobwebs on the ceiling, with my mind wandering to and fro, yet generating very little of real substance.
A constant "whoom-whoom-whoom" could be heard outside the exam room. It sounded like a race car hurtling around a track. Slowly opening the door, I saw the yellow comet called Rocket, a 4-month-old Labrador, as he completed another lap. His owner, Ray Tyred looked at me with a helpless expression on his face.
The screaming monkey is back.
If you have been reading this column and have diligently completed your homework, you are familiar with the three most popular white and red wines in the United States (Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir ). The Big Six make up about 80 percent of the wine purchased in this country. The remaining 20 percent will be the focus of today's Wine Line. You don't have to take notes, but make sure you invite your friends over to do an informal blind tasting to see which wine you like best.
I have a dish towel my cousin made. It isn't fancy, but she did decorate it with some of her own stitching.
I remember the first time I got an e-mail that said it was from a special angel who was wishing me lots of blessings. I was told it contained a special message because it originated with a wise man who had survived an attack by a dehydrated camel in the Gobi Desert. Through his ordeal he had discovered Life's most meaningful secrets and I had been chosen to hear them. The e-mail was the harbinger of good news and was chock full of sweet thoughts and good vibes.
My little dog, Peg, has gone through a major upset in her life.
The Courthouse Museum textile room is home to a wide array of donated items from Merced County's history dating from the 1880s to the 1970s. Besides a variety of men's, women's, and children's clothing items, we have an ethnic collection, a costume and reproduction collection, quilts from different eras and organizations, rugs, tablecloths, and commodity sacks from local merchants.
