Category Archives: View from the Road

Wandering thoughts.

Hilo Town

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Marion

Hilo’s 1930s vintage bayfront is a delicious snare for tourists like me, with candy stores, T-shirt places, art galleries, quality restaurants ranging from high-end to tasty inexpensive cafes. One gallery is a cooperative of island artists. The downtown strip is … Continue reading →

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LumaCon 2016; Artists and a Panel

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Marion

In addition to the Cosplay contest and the dealers’ room, LumaCon offered three panels during the day. I attended one, “Comics as Literature.” I attended largely because the Eisner-award-winning author (and my friend) Brian Fies was on it, and also … Continue reading →

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Jousting! Cosplay! Comics! LumaCon, 2016

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Marion

Do you like comic books? Love live-action role play? Do you love cosplay? Jousting? Drawing? Then LumaCon, Petaluma’s own annual youth comic convention, is for you. LumaCon is held the fourth weekend in January, in Petaluma, and this year it … Continue reading →

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American Alley

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Marion

I went to Petaluma to visit Kentucky Street, which holds Copperfield’s Books, Cafe Zazzle, and a couple of antique shops. I was looking for an end table I had seen the previous weekend, which, as it turned out, was in … Continue reading →

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Elegant, Short-Winged Death

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Marion

Sharon and I got home from Fort Bragg, CA on Sunday, December 6. We’d unloaded our stuff and were wandering around the house when Spouse said, “There’s a hawk in the backyard.” A hawk had perched on the tall post … Continue reading →

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Tales From Mockingbird

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Marion

There’s a special quality to retail over the Thanksgiving weekend. Some might call it desperation. I’m very glad I don’t work in a big store or at a mall; it would be hellish. Small local businesses like clothing stores or … Continue reading →

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Second Site

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Marion

Mockingbird Books now has a second store, in Guerneville, in the space that Twice Told Book occupied for decades. The address is 14045 Armstrong Woods Road. Shannon, who owned Twice Told Books and brought it into local prominence during the … Continue reading →

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The Pomo Youth Dancers

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Marion

The local Pomo Youth Dancers group performed at the Farmers Market on October 11. The group was founded by Joe Salinas, a staffer at the Sonoma County Indian Health Project. I hadn’t heard of them until this Sunday,  but I’m … Continue reading →

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The Eclipse

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Marion

Moonrise occurred at 7:14 PST, and the moon rose already in the penumbra of the earth’s shadow, so it looked like a cloudy pink smear. I walked over to the nearby park about 7:30. In the early stages, the color … Continue reading →

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Greenwood/Elk Village

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Marion

Elk is a hamlet on Highway One, between Point Arena and Mendocino. For several years when I’d driven through the hamlet on a weekday, the visitors center had been closed. This trip, it was open, because the State Parks Department … Continue reading →

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