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Making Mud and Music in Thailand by Thomas Atkins

The Peace Corps: Two Years in a Thailand Hill TribeBen and Lisa Fairfield in Thailand 
Thousands of miles away in the mountains of northern Thailand, sits a small village on a hill. For two years this remote third-world setting became the new home of Ben Fairfield. Born and raised in the small town of Tuolumne, Ben, […]

Nok by Ben Fairfield

Everyone’s got a reason to move. If they don’t, they’re still here. I think it’s the second law of thermodynamics, right? A moving object will remain in motion if nothing stops it, and an object unmoving will stay stagnant unless pushed. Or pulled. I see no reason why the laws of nature wouldn’t apply to […]

Opening the Dossier on Dossi by Greg Kristapovich

A Day in the Life of a Local Blues-Rock Guitarist! 
He now admits that he sneaked into bars to perform when he was only 19. But when I first saw this young kid play his guitar (at Jamestown’s Rawhide Saloon, early 2007), I thought, “This dude can play some scorching rock ‘n’ blues!” Today, Mr. Dossi […]

There’s a Lot of History Behind This Bench by Greg Kristapovich

Golf Club Board members Harry Roberson and Bee Waddelow
Twain Harte Golf Club is proud of their bench! In fact, the whole town is proud of it! Engraved into their recently dedicated “Founders Memorial” bench are the twelve names of the original Board of Directors of the Twain Harte Golf Club. (Ten of whom were Rotarians). […]

SMT All Around

 Kathy Bergevin of Sonora reading The Sierra Mountain Times in Defuniak Springs, Florida while visiting her brother Mike after 34 years. 

 

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