What Buzzes But is Not a Bee?
Essay and photographs © Connie Cassinetto I hear them before I see them. It’s the sound of their wings, not the chirps or songs that
Connie Cassinetto
July 12, 2023
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Looking Up
See Footnote 1 A sudden gust of gravity. That’s what one of my favorite children’s entertainers – a juggler – would satirically let slip during
Adam Gottstein
July 11, 2023
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Defining Perseverance
Returning Student Earns Stanislaus State Degree Despite Challenges and Losing Father, Best Friend When she was laid off after spending 14 years writing for the
Lori Gilbert
July 7, 2023
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Stockton Civic Theatre Comes Up With the Rent
Thinking back to the AIDS-plagued days of the 1980s, New York musician and budding playwright Jonathan Larson conceived the idea for a stage work the
Howard Lachtman
June 30, 2023
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Mugshot
The newsroom of the Stockton Record was always humming in the seventies before computers and sound-dampening cubicles quieted the scene. The hum came from the
Rich Turner
June 29, 2023
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Eight Little Words My Mom Spoke Every Night
Eight little words my mom always said to us three kids every night as she tucked us into bed. Words I figure I’ll never hear
Charleen Earley
June 28, 2023
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Having Difficulties with a Particular Word
Breaking Down Stereotypes It started in the fifth grade when I was first introduced to a word that was somewhat difficult to spell, but more
Charleen Earley
June 16, 2023
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Pilot Program to Provide Books in English and Spanish Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library got a huge boost last week when First Partner Jennifer Newsom announced
Cyndy Green
June 15, 2023
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Into My Father’s Wake
Book Excerpt Editor’s Note – Eric Best and I were colleagues at the Stockton (CA) Record newspaper from the mid seventies through the early eighties,
Eric Best
June 5, 2023
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The Nightmare That Never Happened
It is said that the two happiest days of a boat owner’s life are the day they buy it and the day they sell it.
Adam Gottstein
June 1, 2023
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