The Naked Gardener
by David George I love to spend time in my substantial and challenging garden. The past twenty years, I have adopted natural (naked!), environmentally friendly gardening practices. As every gardener…
Maris Makes a Movie
Maris Degener, Concord, is not an ordinary 20-year-old. At 13 she was hospitalized with life-threatening anorexia. Today, she is a sensation who has grabbed the attention of thousands who suffer…
California Okays Hemp for Farmers
by Todd Runestad | New Hope Network In what’s being called “a major victory for the hemp industry,” Gov. Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 1409, which will allow California farmers to enter…
WASH Project Concord Rotary Tackles Honduras School Sanitation
When schools have no water or sustainable infrastructure and poor sanitation behavior, students suffer. UNICEF has identified Haiti and Honduras as the two most needy countries in the Western Hemisphere.…
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
FOUR STARS (OUT OF FIVE) Movie review by Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media FIRST MAN is Academy Award-winning Damien Chazelle‘s biopic about Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling). It takes place between 1961 and 1969,…
Hoffmann’s Reptiles, Concord’s Last Independent Pet Store
by David King. In 1980, Concord had about 10 pet stores. There was no Pet Co. or PetSmart. No internet. Dan Hoffmann had opened his 800 square-foot store, an exotic…
Rhino in the Room
bookends by Fran cain Rhino in the Room by Jill Hedgecock (2018, Goshawk Press, paperback, 307 pages, $11.99) is part safari guide and part eye-opener about the illegal hunting, or…
College? Yes please.
SCHEIBLE SAYS… by Jim Scheible, Executive Director, Clayton Valley Charter High School As the new executive director at Clayton Valley Charter High School, I could think of no better way…
Assassin or Just Trying to Impress a Girl?
The atmosphere at a presidential function or a campaign rally is electric. People are excited, cheering, smiling, and generally, very happy and enthusiastic. With tens of thousands in attendance, Secret…
Tales from the Trail: A Solo Birthday Wilderness Adventure
Journey-man’s Journal by Scott Feuer The plan was to do something unique, something atypical of the traditional birthday celebration; a gift to myself to escape the time-crunched routine of daily…
How is the Market?
For many Realtors, The most asked question is: “How is the market”? Answer – Remember when you bought a new car, and you suddenly started to see similar cars on…