Before I can explain what it was to leave Mendocino, I suppose I’ll need to describe what it was to live in Mendocino, as ephemeral as such an experience can be. I entered the weird world of Mendocino with an open heart, and it enchanted me for four years. Until it didn’t. You see, Mendocino is more than a just geographical place. I...
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big beach 2 Big Beach II/ the local “Let’s GO!!!” Anais shouted, standing in the hallway. She wanted to go “rafting” on the river with Ares. Adam remained motionless, supine on the couch looking at his I-pad, Dexter snoring next to him. Clearly it was my turn to take them. We were spending a week in Little River. Adam had bought these...
We had moved to Northern California from Chicago, where the crime had begun to feel overwhelming and the weather seemed almost punatively harsh. I didn’t mind these things so much for myself. I was, as any Midwesterner will tell you, ‘used to it”. But now we had little children, and a small town in a moderate climate seemed ideal...
