Think of all the things on Earth, which people think they own Buildings, land and money, they can spend or waste or loan It all works if everyone, respects the current laws Sometimes ownership breaks down, exposing all its flaws We use small bits of paper, which we trade for things we buy We’re living […]
A Different Drummer: More on moron wood
My continued list of screw ups while learning woodworking. When applying epoxy, when you need to pee, remember not to walk across your garage floor because the bottoms of your feet have been standing in wet epoxy. And most of all, do not go into your house and down the hall to the bathroom. You’ll […]
Photo: Lively up the traffic box
Planning Commission OKs Accessory Dwelling Unit resolution, clears way for council
Following discussion of proposed draft text amendments for Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) regulations, the Planning Commission approved a resolution making recommendations to the City Council at its Thursday meeting. Discussions on ADUs, also called in-law or secondary units, have been held at city meetings since March, including a public hearing by the Planning Commission and […]
Man convicted for 2015 murder of family members
(This post has been updated.) A Benicia teen accused of murdering family members in 2015 was convicted Wednesday, according to a press release by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s office. The jury had deliberated for two hours before returning the verdict. Nolen Buchanan, then 16, was at his family’s vacation cabin in Greenwood on […]
Voice of the Village: It’s not too late for life planning
By Judie Donaldson Until a few years ago, I never really thought about planning my life in order to be happy. Did you? I thought about things like the importance of being a good person and living a good life, creating opportunities for my children, having work that was meaningful, making a contribution to the […]
Second step of Industrial Safety Ordinance process on council agenda
More than a year after the Benicia City Council approved the first step in a two-step process to consider bringing an Industrial Safety Ordinance (ISO) to Benicia, the council will resume its discussion Tuesday when the matter is brought back for the second step of the process. Following the flaring incident at the Valero Benicia […]
Bright-sailed privateer to battle land-based cannoneers at Pirate Festival
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette The booms you may hear Saturday and Sunday will be cannonfire. But there’s no need to worry. It’s just pirates and their ship to shore battles at the Northern California Pirate Festival in Vallejo’s Waterfront Park. The Northern California Pirate Festival is one of the few entertaining events that […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “A Pair of Haiku”
Haiku for Carolyn Under the white plum— a snowstorm of memories covers two old friends Old Woman Haiku By the open door an old woman undresses— the moon her voyeur
Poetry Corner: D.L. Lang “How to Swim Through a Tornado”
Violence starts by simply not seeing one another as human beings, but as usable things to be molded as we please. It grows when we allow our emotions and expectations, to control our actions rather than pausing to reflect on how our actions will affect others. When we ignore the cries for help that sound […]