Oh, the weather outside is weather! Happy holidays, Emerald family. This is the first holiday season I will spend outside of the Golden State and inside of Seattle where it is uncomfortably cold. Fortunately, this is the time of year when it’s completely acceptable to do less, eat more and quit shaving above the knee. This year has been a wild ride and it’s coming rapidly … [Read more...] about Mellow Brick Road: A Journey to the Emerald City
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The High Life
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. -Mignon McLaughlin Hello, Emerald readers! Please tell me you’re as fed up with this heat wave as I am? I do not fancy being sweaty all the time unless, of course, it’s in the bedroom... Or the car... Or on the living floor, etc. but we’ll come back to that. This month I will not be … [Read more...] about The High Life
The High Life: The History of Hemp
Happy anniversary, Emerald Magazine! This publication has produced so many interesting and informative stories in the last four years. Cheers to many more. If memory serves, the Emerald did a feature story on me in the inaugural issue back in my comedy days. We were babies back then. Memories... To honor the magazine’s birthday, I thought we could take a different walk down … [Read more...] about The High Life: The History of Hemp
The Stonely Planet
The Emerald's Humor Guide to Trimmigrant Culture Trimmigrants are an interesting and diverse crew who flock here to take part in autumn bounty, lending their own agricultural stylist techniques to a grow operation near you. Whereas once it was damn near exotic to have an Oregonian helping tend the fields, so to speak, now you’re in a burgeoning international hub. So, in … [Read more...] about The Stonely Planet
Interview with the Rule of Law
Cannabis Crackles A few days ago, illuminated only by the light of a series of candles in the furthest, most ominous nook of the the Emerald’s new Eureka office, The Rule of Law was kind enough to join me for an in depth interview about their controversial policies, their knack for profiteering, and the fact that a concept has been made flesh and bone. I sat eagerly … [Read more...] about Interview with the Rule of Law
