# 464 - 24th June, 2015

    Greetings one and all… Are you are sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin…
    To me it seemed that there were fewer local residents among the throngs at this year’s Sierra Nevada World Music Festival held in the Valley over the past weekend. Valley folks overall remained up in the hills or perhaps stayed in town at their homes and invested in some top quality ear-plugs that I am informed were given away free with a $82 bottle of Narrows Vineyard 2012 Pinot Noir from the Golden Buttock Winery - the ones that are usually handed out during the frost season to the local residents who are kept up all hours by that winery’s helicopter-esque frost protection fans in the Floodgate region where the grapes for this particular Pinot are grown… But I digress…     On Friday, I spent a few hours at a house very near to the Fairgrounds and the music, particularly the bass and drum rhythms obviously, were extremely loud. I borrowed some ear-plugs, drank some delicious Pinot, and slowly slipped into a stupor… Then on Saturday I attended the afternoon shows and had a wonderful time enjoying the sights and sounds. I’d like to think that the concert brought in loads of money to our local economy but I’m pretty sure it does not. Having said that, it was obvious that the Valley folks who were there were having a great time, and I found the friendliness ‘vibes’ of this crowd at a very high level.
    It also seemed that the overall numbers were down on past years. I could be wrong but, based on the time I was there and the relatively fewer parked vehicles on the streets of downtown Boonville, I would say that to be the case. Furthermore, while marijuana smoking was no doubt being partaken in, the so-called ‘contact high’ that some Valley people have said they get by just attending the Festival, and the accompanying overpowering smell of such activities around town, were both virtually non-existent this year… Either way, even if all I personally get out of the event is the edifying sight of a few scantly-clad young women, a flashback to my reggae listening teenage years of the early seventies, and a pair of ear-plugs, then it’s all perfectly fine with me…

    Onward… The Old Buzzard writes, “The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims began fasting last Wednesday evening and now that we are a week into Ramadan I can only be grateful that being a Muslim for a month after losing a bet with Turkey Vulture will not happen again. Ramadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar: the faithful believe this was when the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Between dawn and dusk Muslims are meant to abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex in order to devote their minds to Allah. They are also instructed to refrain from sinful behavior that may negate the reward of fasting, such as false speech (insulting, backbiting, cursing, lying, etc.) and fighting. All of this has been hard, and devoting my mind to Allah at the expense of pursuits that I have indulged in for most of my adult life is not something I encourage others of my ilk to do. Meanwhile I will strive to continue until July 17…”… Keep it up, Buzzard! And you look so good in that burka…

    With this in mind, we have a perfect segue into your Quotes of the Week that deal with the topic of abstinence. Here we go… First we have William Penn (1644-1718), the English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, who remarked, “Always rise  from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one” - easy for Bill to say… Then we have this from St. Augustine (354-430), the early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy and who commented, “Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation” - seems like ‘a rock and a hard place’ scenario to me… Next we have this opinion from General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) who boringly said, “My experience through life has convinced me that while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, absence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health” - and people wonder how he lost the Civil War?… Finally, we have a quote far more in line with my own way of thinking on this topic. It comes from Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), the British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist, who insightfully observed, “The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others” - Well said, Bertie - so could they please stop?!…

    Public Service Announcements (P.S.A.’s)… Calendars and pens at the ready… #617 - One of my favorite places to visit, anywhere in the world, is Hendy Woods - right here in the heart of the Valley. Now, to encourage more local folks to embrace this most special of places, the Hendy Woods Community is inviting Valley people to visit for free on the afternoons of the second Sunday of every month. To celebrate this opportunity there will be a grand opening of the renovated Day Use Area this Sunday, June 28 from 1pm-4pm. Music, appetizers and dessert will be provided, bring your own food to bbq… # 618 - The Vets from the Mendocino Animal Hospital will be in town at the A.V. Farm tomorrow Thursday, June 25. Call 462-8833 for further details. They set up at the AV Farm Supply from 2pm to 3.30pm and to avoid a line perhaps go around 3pm - you will definitely be seen. New customers and their pets are always welcome. Their next visit will be next week, July 2, but not again after that until August…#619 - Coming to The Grange in a couple of week’s time there will be a special live show of ‘First Person Plural,’ a series of original monologues performed by six women. It is for one night only at 7pm on Thursday, July 2; doors open at 6.30pm and there is a $5-$10 entrance fee… #620 - The Mendocino Bookmobile returns to the Valley on Tuesday, June 30. They are here on alternate Tuesdays for 45 minutes at each of these places and times: Navarro Store 9am (for just 30 minutes); the Floodgate 12.30pm; Philo 1.30pm; Boonville (Apple Hall) 2.30pm. Phone 463-4694 for further details… #621 - Burn Permits are no longer available at this time from the Fire Department. Cal Fire, in their office at the south of town (in the ugly prison-like building past the gravel pits) are now in charge of this… #622 - The A.V Museum is open every Saturday and Sunday, from 1pm-4pm. Situated in The Little Red Schoolhouse next to the Elementary School on A.V. Way, this is a perfect thing to do in the Valley when you have a couple of hours spare on a weekend afternoon. It is not without reason that it is generally regarded as ‘The Best Little Museum in the West’…    As a bonus P.S.A. here is the menu for the Community lunches over the next week at the Senior Center at the Veterans’ Building in Boonville. The Center asks for a $6 donation from seniors and charges $7 for Non-seniors… Tomorrow, Thursday, June 25, the lunch, served by Marti Titus and her crew at Noon, will be Sandwiches and Root Beer Floats, with salad bar and fruit, plus milk, coffee, tea or lemonade… Please note - the Senior Center will be closed for the following week from Monday, June 29 until Monday, July 6, during which time a new stove will be installed. They will re-open for lunch on Tuesday, July 7. Hopefully you will be able to attend, and remember – ALL ages are welcome! Hope to see you there… 
   
    Moving quickly on to a few of the topics and Valley events under discussion this week at The Three-Dot Lounge – yes it’s “Moans, Groans, Good Thoughts, and Rampant (yet surprisingly reliable) Rumors” from my favorite gathering place in the Valley, a somewhat secret location that sees people get together and share their thoughts about life in Anderson Valley and often far beyond…
… So last Tuesday evening saw the Golden State Warriors clinch their first NBA Championship in 40 years and there was nowhere for Valley folks to gather and celebrate together - bars/restaurants either being without televisions or closed that night… That was disappointing, although let’s be honest, the Valley has not been a community that watches much sport in public together for many years - I know, I have watched Monday Night Football in The Buckhorn, Boonville with about eight folks each week for a decade or more and, perhaps surprisingly to many, even occasions like the Super Bowl and World Series do not bring in a particularly large crowd…
… Several regulars at the Three-Dot pointed out that as summer progresses, one should be aware of those peculiar folks, unable to get rid of the vast crops of squash/zucchini that they have inexplicably grown, who will be sneaking up to your parked vehicle and putting bags of these things into your trunk or on your back seat… It is not the worst thing that can happen to you, and I am not really complaining, but it does feel a little odd when it occurs; not unlike that feeling you get when your underwear draw has obviously been tampered with - I think you know what I mean…

    I’m outta here - I’ve got see a man about a sheep… So, until we talk again – ‘Keep the Faith’; be careful out there; stay out of the ditches; think good thoughts; be wary of strangers with more dogs than teeth; please remember to keep your windows cracked if you have pets in your vehicle; and may your god go with you… Oh, and of course, one final request, “Let us prey”… Sometimes poking, often stroking, but almost always humbly yours, Turkey Vulture - pleased in the knowledge that the old hare has returned safely to his burrow…
p.s. You can contact me with words of support/abuse either through the Letters Page or by e-mail at
p.p.s. Skylark – read any good books lately?… Keep on humming, Hummingbird… Everything cool with you, O.J.? Of course it is…

# 463 - 17th June, 2015

    Greetings one and all… Are you are sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin…
    Following last week’s column and the basic list contained therein of some of the general comparisons made there between the U.S and the Old World, I have received a number of comments.  Most readers enjoyed the observations that were presented, although some disputed a couple of my insights - fair enough of course, as long as they had a credible and informed reason for doing so. Meanwhile, for your Quotes of the Week, here are a couple of examples of other people’s viewpoints on this fascinating topic… First we have this from the incomparable Mark Twain, who said, “An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before” - interesting, and certainly true in many instances… And this classic from the Irish writer, Earle Hitchner, who wisely remarked, "The difference between America and England is that Americans think 100 years is a long time, while the English think 100 miles is a long way” - now that’s as true as it gets…

    Public Service Announcements (P.S.A.’s)… Calendars and pens at the ready… #534 - The General Knowledge and Trivia Quiz resumes its summer/fall schedule tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, at Lauren’s Restaurant, beginning at 7pm… #535 - The 22nd Sierra Nevada World Music Festival returns for its 10th year at The Fairgrounds in Boonville over this coming weekend, June 19-21. The line-up is particularly strong this year with headline acts such as Steel Pulse, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Max Romeo, Ken Boothe, Big Youth, and The Melodians… #536 - The Vets  from the Mendocino Animal Hospital will be in the Valley on Thursdays, June 25  and July 2, but not again after that until August… #537 - The Boonville Farmers’ Market continues at its regular summer location in the parking lot at the Boonville Hotel. It runs from 10-12:30 and you are encouraged to come by with your locally grown or made food or crafts, to sell or trade, or just stop in to check out the wonderful produce etc on sale. For more info, call Cindy at 895-2949… #538 - The A.V. Lending Library run by The Unity Club is open Tuesday and Saturday at The Fairgrounds - Tuesday 1.30pm-4.30pm and Saturday 2pm-4pm - but not this Saturday because the Fairgrounds will be full of World Music fans who will not be particularly interested in borrowing any books… #539 - The County Dump is open from 9am – 4pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Remember, no dead animals!… #540 - Coming to The Grange in a couple of week’s time there will be a special live show of ‘First Person Plural,’ a series of original monologues performed by six women. It is for one night only at 7pm on Thursday, July 2; doors open at 6.30pm and there is a $5-$10 entrance fee…

    As a bonus P.S.A., here is the menu for the Community lunches over the next week at the Senior Center at the Veterans’ Building in Boonville. The Center asks for a $6 donation from seniors for lunches and charges $7 for Non-seniors… Tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, the lunch, served by Marti Titus and her crew at Noon, will be Parmesan Cod, Salad Bar, and Triple Lemon for dessert… Then, next Tuesday, June 23, the dinner will feature Sausage Skillet, Salad Bar, and Not Mamma’s Banana Pudding for dessert. All meals include vegetables, salad bar, and fruit, plus milk, coffee, tea, and lemonade. What a deal - it maybe the best $7 you’ll spend all week!  Hopefully you will be able to attend, and remember – ALL ages are welcome! Hope to see you there… 

    Moving quickly on to a few of the topics and Valley events under discussion this week at The Three-Dot Lounge – yes it’s “Moans, Groans, Good Thoughts, and Rampant (yet surprisingly reliable) Rumors” from my favorite gathering place in the Valley, a somewhat secret location that sees people get together and share their thoughts about life in Anderson Valley and often far beyond, and where we subscribe to the Winston Churchill philosophy that “A lie will get halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put on its pants”… So, with that in mind, I’ll put my pants on and continue…
… So what is going to replace Coq au Vin restaurant?… Rumors are it will be a fine dining establishment run by the folks who are behind The Bewildered Pig in St. Helena who currently operate a business next door to the restaurant location at the Floodgate and who modestly describe themselves as ‘purveyors of gastronomic pleasantries’… Surely we shall be the judge of that?…
… It was universally agreed among all of our regulars that it was odd, even for this town, that all of our high school sports’ head coaches were required to ‘resign’ in the off-season and then re-apply for their volunteer positions, along with anyone else who may be interested as a result of seeing the ‘vacancies’ pinned up on the notice boards of the Valley’s post offices.This was done to follow some sort of protocol that had never been done before. It is one thing to advertise in-house at the school, as required, but to put it out to the public and have the coaches deal with many enquiries as to why they had ‘quit’ the program is another thing entirely… Not well done…
… Why is it that when a charitable act is poorly done or presented, the excuse is often given that those responsible are just volunteering - so it’s o.k.? Many folks in this Valley volunteer for various causes and events. The vast majority of them do a splendid job and these people certainly would not use their volunteer status as a reason for anything less than that. Mistakes can be made by anyone of course; accepting that without offering this lame excuse is fine. So since when did ‘volunteer’ become acceptable as an excuse for ‘inefficiency’ as some would have us believe?...
... Where can you get your sheep sheared? Well, there is someone around here who will certainly oblige. His name is Matt Gilbert and he has already done a fine job on many of the smaller flocks in the Valley during the past month or so, as he has been doing for the last few years or so around here. He will be continuing to do so for a couple of more weeks before stopping for a few months. He is accommodating and very reasonably priced, and can be reached on his cell phone at 972-9144...
… I rarely sing the praises of Mendocino restaurants/bars outside the Valley but for a combination of a wide range of quality dishes, coupled with excellent and friendly service with a splendid attitude, not to mention the lovely views, I must say that the Mendocino Cafe in the coastal town of Mendocino is hard to beat if you’re out that way… Reasonably priced too…
… Upon further exhausting and intoxicating research, I can confirm that the count of winery tasting rooms in the Valley that appeared in this column last week was accurate - thirty are currently operating… Some new ones have appeared in the last couple of years and a list of those which have closed over that time would include Zina-Hyde Cunningham, Londer, Breggo, Jim Ball, Standish, Esterlina, and Claudia Springs…

    Well now I think it’s time to take my leave; besides I’ve got see a man about a sheep… So, until we talk again – ‘Keep the Faith’; be careful out there; stay out of the ditches; think good thoughts; be wary of strangers with more dogs than teeth; please remember to keep your windows cracked if you have pets in your vehicle; and may your god go with you… Oh, and of course, one final request, “Let us prey”… Sometimes poking, often stroking, but almost always humbly yours, Turkey Vulture - pleased in the knowledge that the old hare has returned safely to his burrow…
p.s. You can contact me with words of support/abuse either through the Letters Page or by e-mail at
p.p.s. On the sheep, Grace… Hi, George – hope you and Sheila are well… Good day to you, Silver Swan – behaving yourself? Hopefully not!

# 462 - 10th June, 2015

    Greetings one and all – are you are sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin…
    Having returned to the Valley a few days ago after a long flight - my wings are still sore - I thought I might point out a few of the things that I observed on my travels beyond the Valley and across the seas as being, in my humble opinion, noticeably different than here. This topic could be the subject of a lengthy book of course but for current purposes let’s just have a few of the obvious ones in a somewhat simplistic form without too much elaboration…

    Here we go… Generally speaking, folks in the ‘Old World,’ from whatever section of society or level of education, seem to have a greater knowledge of what is going on elsewhere in the world, culturally, socially and politically… The multi-cultural cities of the Old World have their issues of course, but overall there seems to be a genuine, deep, and successful intertwining of cultures; not the sometimes faux ‘happy melting pot’ that I have been unconvinced exists over here… There is no place like Texas in the Old World - and that’s a good thing for the Old World… People of all ages in the Old World almost always say ‘Please’ when asking for something (most folks here say ‘Thank you’ of course, but a significant amount, mainly under 30, forget the initial ‘Please’ - maybe it’s not important anymore?)… There is a darker side to the humor overall, and certainly a greater degree of sarcasm in the Old World… There is also a greater degree of self-deprecation than over here… The television quiz shows are most definitely harder there… Folks say they don’t know something if they don’t, while many folks in this country will come up with some kind of answer even if they are clueless as to the answer - it’s almost endearing, but isn’t… There are definitely more ‘jobsworths’ in the Old World than here - these are the people who, when asked to do something a little extra or different, will refuse by saying, “I’d like to, but it’s more than my job’s worth”… While drinking of alcohol is less than it was in the Old World, particularly among the younger generations, the imbibing of large amounts of beer in particular is still a mainstay of the socializing culture for many - a functioning ‘alcoholic’ over here is a chap who ‘just enjoys a good drink’ over there, such a person would not be called an ‘alcoholic’… There are too many cars driving on streets that are too narrow in the Old World… Far too often the excuse for inefficiency in the Old World is that ‘we are short-staffed’, rather than the truth - ‘we can’t bothered’… The quality of tattoos is very poor in the Old World, and yet it has become a very common sight among the younger generation, and far more women are displaying them than over here… People over there are generally far less garrulous, forthcoming, and chatty, unless you provoke the conversation in the first place - then sometimes they won’t shut up…  The prime time television soaps they have are mostly awful… Many of the younger women continue the fashion fad of recent times of having a false tan - it has the opposite of the desired effect of making them appear healthy, they actually look quite ill… Petty crime/theft is a way of life for many of those who regard themselves, correctly or otherwise, as the ‘have-nots’… Fist fights and brawls are less than in the old days but still more frequent than in this country I would say… And finally, whereas folks over here generally hold a positive attitude, I feel that those over there have a somewhat negative/curmudgeonly view on many aspect of life and society - actually, in my mind, this actually manifests itself in a reality-based mentality and can be best summed up in the example of death that I have mentioned here before: folks here say somebody has ‘passed’, whereas folks in the Old World say a person is ‘dead’ . As somebody over there said to me when I described someone as having passed, “What do you mean he’s passed? He’s f***ing dead isn’t he”… It seemed to sum up all the differences perfectly…

    Public Service Announcements (P.S.A.’s)… Calendars and pens at the ready… #535 - The 22nd Sierra Nevada World Music Festival returns for its 10th year at The Fairgrounds in Boonville over the weekend of June 19-21. The line-up is particularly strong this year with headline acts such as Steel Pulse, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Max Romeo, Ken Boothe, Big Youth, and The Melodians… #536 - The Vets  from the Mendocino Animal Hospital will be in the Valley on Thursdays, June 25  and July 2, but not again after that until August… #537 - The Mendocino Bookmobile returns to the Valley on Tuesday, June 16. They are here on alternate Tuesdays for 45 minutes at each of these places and times: Navarro Store 9am (for just 30 minutes); the Floodgate 12.30pm; Philo 1.30pm; Boonville (Apple Hall) 2.30pm. Phone 463-4694 for further details… #538 - The A.V Museum is open every Saturday and Sunday, from 1pm-4pm. Situated in The Little Red Schoolhouse next to the Elementary School on A.V. Way, this is a perfect thing to do in the Valley when you have a couple of hours spare on a weekend afternoon. It is not without reason that it is generally regarded as ‘The Best Little Museum in the West’…#539 - The A.V. Drumming Circle meets from 7pm to 9pm at The Grange on the second Wednesday of each month - that would be tonight. Call Rob at 895-3897 or Andy at 895-3020 for further details… #540 - The Anderson Valley Grange is having its regular second Sunday Pancake Breakfast on June 14 from 8:30-11am. Prices range from $5-10 - kids through hungry folks, for a delicious, locally-sourced breakfast. Choices include pancakes, eggs, and bacon, with a choice of juice, tea or coffee included, (gluten free products are available, but gluten extra is not)… #541 -  Gardeners, farmers, and produce growers of all kinds, are asked to remember Food Bank days as a time to donate your extra produce. This is always the third Tuesday of every month from 8am to 10am at the Boonville methodist Church, which on this occasion is next Tuesday, June 16. It will be greatly appreciated if you could please drop off on the Monday the day before, behind the church. If you need someone to glean your produce to take to the Food Bank, contact Valerie Kim at valerie.h.kim@gmail.com or Denisse Mattei, the Food Bank director, at 895-3763…

    As a bonus P.S.A. here is the menu for the Community lunches over the next week at the Senior Center at the Veterans’ Building in Boonville. The Center asks for a $6 donation from seniors for both and charges $7 for Non-seniors… Tomorrow, Thursday, June 11, the lunch, served by Marti Titus and her crew at Noon, will be Stuffed Shells, Spinach, Garlic Bread, and Coconut-lime Berry Cake for dessert… Then, next Tuesday, June 16, the lunch will feature Hamburgers with Banana Split Cake for dessert. All meals include vegetables, a full salad bar, and fruit, plus milk, coffee, tea, and lemonade. What a deal - it maybe the best $7 you’ll spend all week!  Hopefully you will be able to attend, and remember – ALL ages are welcome! Hope to see you there… 

    Moving quickly on to a few of the topics and Valley events under discussion this week at The Three-Dot Lounge – yes it’s “Moans, Groans, Good Thoughts, and Rampant (yet surprisingly reliable) Rumors” from my favorite gathering place in the Valley, a somewhat secret location that sees people get together and share their thoughts about life in Anderson Valley and often far beyond…
… Well, it’s good to be safely back in the Valley from the ‘real world’ where all  kinds of weird and wonderful, yet frequently disturbing, events are occurring every day… Of course, ‘disturbing’ events are not completely absent from the bucolic bubble that is life in Anderson Valley and I have been fully informed by many Three-Dot regulars about the unfortunate closing of the splendid Coq au Vin restaurant at the Floodgate and of the difficulties getting the magnificent but large new stove through the door and into the kitchen at the Senior Center. ‘Whatever next?’, one cannot help but wonder…
… This past weekend seemed to be a busy one in the Valley that saw, among other things, large gatherings at Lauren’s Restaurant and The Buckhorn, a wedding at the Boonville Hotel, a steady stream of visitors to the monthly Barn Sale, and the annual wine club party at Husch… Not sure how business was at our thirty-plus winery tasting rooms but I sincerely hope it was good…
… It was generally agreed by several regulars at the Three-Dot that the ‘armed robbery’ at the ‘All that Good Stuff’ store in Boonville was a peculiar story and one that required further investigation… After all, nobody could recall the last time such an event had occurred here…

    Well now I think it’s time to take my leave. Besides I’ve got see a man about a sheep… So, until we talk again – ‘Keep the Faith’; be careful out there; stay out of the ditches; think good thoughts; be wary of strangers with more dogs than teeth; please remember to keep your windows cracked if you have pets in your vehicle; and may your god go with you… Oh, and of course, one final request, “Let us prey”… Sometimes poking, often stroking, but almost always humbly yours, Turkey Vulture  - thinking you should now that we Turkey Vultures are monogamous and mate for life and sometimes, to prove our loyalty, we like to indulge in an ‘erotic’ display dance on our nesting grounds…
p.s. You can contact me with words of support/abuse either through the Letters Page or by e-mail at
p.p.s. Keep on wagging that tail, Fred… Is that ‘lafter’ I hear, Carroll?… Looking forward to our next rendezvous, Round-eyed Robin…

# 461 - 3rd June, 2015

    Greetings one and all – if you are sitting comfortably then I shall begin… Normal service will be resumed next week… In the meantime here are some important announcements…

    Public Service Announcements (P.S.A.’s)… Calendars and pens at the ready… #121 - The Vets from the Mendocino Animal Hospital will be in town at the A.V. Farm tomorrow Thursday, June 4. Call 462-8833 for further details. They set up at the AV Farm Supply from 2pm to 3.30pm and to avoid a line perhaps go around 3pm - you will definitely be seen. New customers and their pets are always welcome. Their next visit will be in three week’s tie on June 25… #122 - The Boonville Farmers’ Market will take place in the parking lot at the Boonville Hotel on Saturday. It runs from 10-12:30 and you are encouraged to come by with your locally grown or made food or crafts, to sell or trade, or just stop in to check out the wonderful produce etc on sale. For more info, call Cindy at 895-2949… #123 - The A.V. Lending Library run by The Unity Club is open Tuesday and Saturday at The Fairgrounds: Tuesday 1.30pm-4.30pm and Saturday 2pm-4pm… #124 - The County Dump is open from 9am – 4pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Remember, no dead animals!...

    As a bonus P.S.A. here is the menu for the Community lunches and dinners over the next week at the Senior Center at the Veterans’ Building in Boonville. The Center asks for a $6 donation from seniors for both lunches and dinners and charges $7 for Non-seniors for lunches and $8 for the dinners… Tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, the lunch, served by Marti Titus and her crew at Noon, will be Pizza – Peperoni, Vegetable or Chicken, plus a Salad Bar and Sundaes for dessert… Then, next Tuesday evening, June 9 at 6pm, the dinner will feature  BBQ Ribs, Vegetables, Salad Bar, Mud Slide Dessert
 for dessert. As this is the 2nd Tuesday of the month, the dinner will be followed by Bingo at 7pm… All meals include vegetables, salad bar, and fruit, plus milk, coffee, tea, and lemonade. What a deal - it maybe the best $7 you’ll spend all week!  Hopefully you will be able to attend, and remember – ALL ages are welcome! Hope to see you there… 

    So, until we talk again – ‘Keep the Faith’; be careful out there; stay out of the ditches; think good thoughts; be wary of strangers with more dogs than teeth; please remember to keep your windows cracked if you have pets in your vehicle; and may your god go with you… Oh, and of course, one final request, “Let us prey”… Sometimes poking, often stroking, but almost always humbly yours, Turkey Vulture - pleased in the knowledge that the old hare has returned safely to his burrow…
p.s. You can contact me with words of support/abuse either through the Letters Page or by e-mail at
p.p.s. On the sheep, Grace… Hi, Silver Swan – behaving yourself? Hopefully not!