Ingrid Hempell Life in Postwar East Germany (revisited)
March 8, 2019 — I happened across Ingrid Hempell in the Clayton Post Office, earlier this week. I haven’t seen Ingrid since we wrote her life story in a three-part…
Bloodhorn by Graham Spence
BOOK ENDS by Jill Hedgecock, Program Coordinator Mount Diablo California Writer’s Club jillhedgecock.com Blog: http://writersotj.wordpress.com In “Bloodhorn” (2017, CIPP, 304 pages, $10.00) by Graham Spence, main character, Chris Stone, is…
Do You Have a Selling Plan? We Do.
The Right Move As interest rates rise and buyers pull back, the pressure to adjust price is more prevalent in order to obtain a faster sale, or a sale at…
Wild Mushroom Warning
by Dave Mason, East Bay Regional Parks Each year, mushrooms come out after the first fall rains, which we had November 20. Mushrooms are ecologically important and can look beautiful…
A Java Kick for your Garden
THE NAKED GARDENER Do you drink coffee? My lovely wife and I down two mugs each morning. We grind our own Peet’s Coffee beans and drip brew the delicious elixir.…
Ice Sculptures Are Just Plain Cool
Move over Frosty the Snowman, Concord has Mr. Robert Chislett, our renowned ice sculptor of Chisel It Ice. He’s one of the best in the country, trained and mentored by…
Hiking Mt. Diablo’s Eastside: A Window into the Past
Journey-man’s Journal One of the many pleasures of hiking amongst the Black Hills in Mt. Diablo’s eastern range is exploring the numerous Native American bedrock mortar sites. For thousands of…