Comments for All Valley Blogs http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:47:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Boonloon by bill http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=104#comment-1681 bill Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:43:20 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=104#comment-1681 Thanks for the explanation. Like I said I support your flights and you can land at my place any time you like. bill Thanks for the explanation. Like I said I support your flights and you can land at my place any time you like.

bill

]]> Comment on Excitement In Yorkville by bill http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=220#comment-1680 bill Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:38:30 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=220#comment-1680 Well, I remember now. The bar was called The Oaks. A long drive from the Valley but we didn't have any choice. Well, I remember now. The bar was called The Oaks. A long drive from the Valley but we didn’t have any choice.

]]> Comment on Boonloon by kherschm http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=104#comment-1671 kherschm Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:03:38 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=104#comment-1671 First of all, it is a heck of a lot more than dumb luck... balloon flying involves riding different wind currents, a lot like rafting...and life: you have a certain amount of factors you can control and some that you can't; the art lies in knowing what you can control, and doing so as efficiently as possible and not trying to control things that are beyond you. Second of all, you will be pleased to know that the trailer has a new paint job that is much more legibly lettered! Disclaimer: the skills that it takes to do professional lettering with paint are not the same as the ones to make and fly hot air balloons...different sets of muscular control! ;) First of all, it is a heck of a lot more than dumb luck…
balloon flying involves riding different wind currents, a lot like rafting…and life: you have a certain amount of factors you can control and some that you can’t; the art lies in knowing what you can control, and doing so as efficiently as possible and not trying to control things that are beyond you.

Second of all, you will be pleased to know that the trailer has a new paint job that is much more legibly lettered!

Disclaimer: the skills that it takes to do professional lettering with paint are not the same as the ones to make and fly hot air balloons…different sets of muscular control! ;)

]]> Comment on My Sincere Apologies by turkey vulture http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=197#comment-1651 turkey vulture Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=197#comment-1651 Hi, Jim...Thank you for your response to the column. Apparently you have not read the following week's comments and retraction of some of the offending article. It is no longer on this site but did appear on September 17th...Here is the relevant part... "Talking of apologies, I must offer a retraction of a comment that I made in last week’s column concerning the new winery and tasting room shortly to open just south of Philo on Hwy.128. My investigative reporter on that story gave me false information and he will be dealt with in the usual Valley way, reserved for particularly treacherous acts, i.e. hung until nearly dead from the Hanging Tree besides the church rectory on Anderson Valley Way and then, whilst painfully weak but still aware, fed to the ravenous pigs on Ornbaun Road… Anyway, to my point…Contrary to an assertion I made that the winery had not given jobs to local people, it turns out that Jim Ball Vineyards does in fact have five employees from the Valley, including cellar manager Alex Crangle and wife Molly. I am assured that they have worked very hard on the new winery for six months or so. I therefore apologize for the incorrect statement made last week. Furthermore, according to Crangle, the company has done their utmost to “go green” in both their construction plans and the system installed for their future operations, with special efforts being made to reduce water consumption. Crangle writes, “From the inception of Jim Ball Vineyards the treatment of the environment during development and building has been of the utmost importance to us. In terms of the watershed, two years were spent cleaning up the landfill left on the property by its previous owners and preparing/augmenting the soil to limit sediment runoff during the first rainy season before planting. Water conservation methods were built into our vineyards and winery from day one. The vineyard is farmed organically and has been planted with rootstocks known for their drought-tolerant characteristics. To mitigate the winery's effect on the watershed, a state of the art process water handling system was installed and by the year 2010 we will be 100% solar- powered. Hmmm…It would seem that if we must have another vineyard/winery then at least it’s a good thing that the new venture is behaving in this way…I have generally been a supporter of the current Valley winery businesses and, as regular readers will know, I do like to sip a little of the red nectar now and again. However, and with Hummingbird working in the wine world, the word ’hypocrisy’ may come to your mind, I fail to see why we need any more of them. I do know that several people are suffering from dried up wells or water pressure as low as they can ever remember...As for my comments that the companies involved with the construction are not from the Valley, Alex pointed out that the local construction companies could not attempt such a big project. I would say that if that’s the case then perhaps this was an indicator that such a project was too big; but that’s just my humble opinion and who am I to suggest to Jim Ball how he spends his $$$$?…" So, Jim, you seem to be "doing the right thing" and your comments would suggest that you have given this venture and its relationship to our community a good deal of thought...Best wishes, Turkey Vulture... Hi, Jim…Thank you for your response to the column. Apparently you have not read the following week’s comments and retraction of some of the offending article. It is no longer on this site but did appear on September 17th…Here is the relevant part…
“Talking of apologies, I must offer a retraction of a comment that I made in last week’s column concerning the new winery and tasting room shortly to open just south of Philo on Hwy.128. My investigative reporter on that story gave me false information and he will be dealt with in the usual Valley way, reserved for particularly treacherous acts, i.e. hung until nearly dead from the Hanging Tree besides the church rectory on Anderson Valley Way and then, whilst painfully weak but still aware, fed to the ravenous pigs on Ornbaun Road…
Anyway, to my point…Contrary to an assertion I made that the winery had not given jobs to local people, it turns out that Jim Ball Vineyards does in fact have five employees from the Valley, including cellar manager Alex Crangle and wife Molly. I am assured that they have worked very hard on the new winery for six months or so. I therefore apologize for the incorrect statement made last week. Furthermore, according to Crangle, the company has done their utmost to “go green” in both their construction plans and the system installed for their future operations, with special efforts being made to reduce water consumption.
Crangle writes, “From the inception of Jim Ball Vineyards the treatment of the environment during development and building has been of the utmost importance to us. In terms of the watershed, two years were spent cleaning up the landfill left on the property by its previous owners and preparing/augmenting the soil to limit sediment runoff during the first rainy season before planting. Water conservation methods were built into our vineyards and winery from day one. The vineyard is farmed organically and has been planted with rootstocks known for their drought-tolerant characteristics. To mitigate the winery’s effect on the watershed, a state of the art process water handling system was installed and by the year 2010 we will be 100% solar- powered.
Hmmm…It would seem that if we must have another vineyard/winery then at least it’s a good thing that the new venture is behaving in this way…I have generally been a supporter of the current Valley winery businesses and, as regular readers will know, I do like to sip a little of the red nectar now and again. However, and with Hummingbird working in the wine world, the word ’hypocrisy’ may come to your mind, I fail to see why we need any more of them. I do know that several people are suffering from dried up wells or water pressure as low as they can ever remember…As for my comments that the companies involved with the construction are not from the Valley, Alex pointed out that the local construction companies could not attempt such a big project. I would say that if that’s the case then perhaps this was an indicator that such a project was too big; but that’s just my humble opinion and who am I to suggest to Jim Ball how he spends his $$$$?…”
So, Jim, you seem to be “doing the right thing” and your comments would suggest that you have given this venture and its relationship to our community a good deal of thought…Best wishes, Turkey Vulture…

]]> Comment on Six Boonvilles by timothybriner http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=180#comment-1528 timothybriner Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:59 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=180#comment-1528 Hi Bill, I just returned home to Brooklyn. Sorry I have not returned your call. Desperately trying to put the pieces of my life back together after traveling for the last year. The project, which will be released as a book of photographs representing "Boonville" as a metaphor for small-town America, should be finished up by next Spring. B'ville, CA is by far the smallest, and MO is the largest (and continues to grow). NC is about 1128 people, and was once a thriving textile, tobacco, and moonshine community. NY is a bit larger then NC and is a bit more historic and "quaint." They also had a large logging community, and have an annual Woodsman Field Days festival every year, as well as a Snow Festival, with one of the largest snowmobile races in the Country, or so I am told. Indiana has a pop of about 4,000, and was a large coal mine town. This is just some basic stuff for now. I would love to talk. Please email me, or call. timothybriner@gmail.com Some photos will eventually be released at www.timothybriner.com You can read notes and thoughts from each of the towns on my blog at www.haveyouseenmydynamite.com , and click on the archives. Thank you. Timothy Briner Hi Bill,

I just returned home to Brooklyn. Sorry I have not returned your call. Desperately trying to put the pieces of my life back together after traveling for the last year. The project, which will be released as a book of photographs representing “Boonville” as a metaphor for small-town America, should be finished up by next Spring. B’ville, CA is by far the smallest, and MO is the largest (and continues to grow). NC is about 1128 people, and was once a thriving textile, tobacco, and moonshine community. NY is a bit larger then NC and is a bit more historic and “quaint.” They also had a large logging community, and have an annual Woodsman Field Days festival every year, as well as a Snow Festival, with one of the largest snowmobile races in the Country, or so I am told. Indiana has a pop of about 4,000, and was a large coal mine town. This is just some basic stuff for now. I would love to talk. Please email me, or call. timothybriner@gmail.com

Some photos will eventually be released at http://www.timothybriner.com

You can read notes and thoughts from each of the towns on my blog at http://www.haveyouseenmydynamite.com , and click on the archives.

Thank you.

Timothy Briner

]]> Comment on Dottie’s True Blue Cafe by Eric http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=94#comment-1398 Eric Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:06:46 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=94#comment-1398 <strong>Eric...</strong> Great post. I have added you to my digg bookmark... Eric…

Great post. I have added you to my digg bookmark…

]]> Comment on Stanford University by bill http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=76#comment-6 bill Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:24:58 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=76#comment-6 When I was going to UC Berkeley in 1971 (they allowed one Reaganite Republican in per year and I guess I was it) I couldn't find a book for a poli sci class so drove all the way down to the Stanford bookstore - a fine place for a Cal man to be found, I admit - but couldn't find it there either. So back to Bezerkely where I walkd back into Cal Book on Bancroft and found it in five minutes. There was not a single question on the final exam from that book. I never went back to the Stanford bookstore again. When I was going to UC Berkeley in 1971 (they allowed one Reaganite Republican in per year and I guess I was it) I couldn’t find a book for a poli sci class so drove all the way down to the Stanford bookstore - a fine place for a Cal man to be found, I admit - but couldn’t find it there either. So back to Bezerkely where I walkd back into Cal Book on Bancroft and found it in five minutes. There was not a single question on the final exam from that book. I never went back to the Stanford bookstore again.

]]> Comment on Peachwood by bill http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=60#comment-4 bill Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:16:41 +0000 http://www.andersonvalley.net/blog/?p=60#comment-4 Hi, Bill. Once when I was kid (about the same time you were a kid) and was going out to the ranch with my dad, we got to the top of the ridge at Peachland where the gate is to head down to Indian Creek amd then up to our place, and when I asked him what happened to the peach trees, he said without a moment's delay and with deep resignation, "they packed their trunks and left". I figured he had made that one up himself and for all I know he did. Norm Clow Hi, Bill. Once when I was kid (about the same time you were a kid) and was going out to the ranch with my dad, we got to the top of the ridge at Peachland where the gate is to head down to Indian Creek amd then up to our place, and when I asked him what happened to the peach trees, he said without a moment’s delay and with deep resignation, “they packed their trunks and left”. I figured he had made that one up himself and for all I know he did.

Norm Clow

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