By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette Special to the Herald Ahoy, ye salty sea dogs! Keep a weather eye on the horizon – especially toward the Carquinez Strait. Pirates are coming to invade the Vallejo Waterfront Park Father’s Day weekend, June 16 and 17. And those sea rogues and privateers have been doing just that […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Compilation
I first drew breath and joined the world, in 1952 Since then I’ve spent my life in search, of things that I could do I’ve worked with tools and built a life; ambition’s in my breeding I went to schools and broke the rules, and then discovered reading I wondered all about the folks, who […]
A Different Drummer: Moron wood
Ready for another woodworking two-parter? It’s esoteric. I hope it translates. I kept a list of every woodworking screw up I made while applying epoxy resin to a redwood slab. Epoxy is thick liquid plastic that is poured on, not brushed on. My list was going to be for personal use. Why expose my mistakes? […]
Fine dining restaurant opens at Tannery
(This post has been updated.)After nearly a decade with hardly any use, the largest space in the Tannery Building is a dining destination once again. Bella Siena, the new Italian-American restaurant, is open for business. After nearly a decade with hardly any use, the largest space in the Tannery Building is a dining destination […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “On a Teacher, Retiring in 2000”
Bittersweet the passing, Of times, true and dear, Of moments everlasting, And those so close, so near. The last opening bell, The last mark of the grade. The last time before them, The mark on your heart they made. Time for parting always comes. Time passes, you will too. Left behind the everlasting, A capsule […]
Voice of the Village: The good old days were…when?
By Lois Requist A high school graduate, speaking to his classmates about their school years, said, “You will look back on these as the good old days.” I listened to his comments from a bleacher seat as my twin grandchildren graduated from high school in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Smiling to myself, I thought of the […]
Andrew Kelly: Why Trump’s auto tariffs don’t make sense
Many in America have been understandably alarmed by our president’s yearning to place tariffs of up to 25 percent on imported automobiles. And, while many have made very compelling moral arguments as to why it is wrong to place expensive tariffs on products from our own allies, I figured that as someone who has closely […]
Planning Commissioner Kari Birdseye announces council bid
The race for Benicia’s City Council is getting into shape, with Planning Commission Chair Kari Birdseye the latest candidate to throw her hat into the growing ring. She announced her bid Wednesday. “The Benicia City Council is the natural next step in my service to the city of Benicia,” Birdseye wrote in a news […]
The A Cappella Handyman: A CD Adventure!
Here it comes, 34 pages of fun! I started thinking last year of an exhibit of my poems and graphics in the Marilyn O’Rourke Gallery in the Benicia City Library. BUT, all that framing and labeling and storage afterwards, why NOT just put out a CD of 34 pages, the hand-picked best of my monthly […]