• Queen’s Letter: How Are You All Doing?

    Queen’s Letter: How Are You All Doing?

    Yeah, I know. It may be hard to get reliable information about Chingona lately because our local newspaper has pretty much given up. If you go to CNN.com, you can input your zip code and get daily updates of stats and links to resources in your area. It’s grim here. There have been more than…

  • Queen’s Letter: Surf’s Up Somewhere in the World

    Queen’s Letter: Surf’s Up Somewhere in the World

    I know it wasn’t you, but someone’s been going to yard parties and spitting on the other partiers! I know they thought people they knew would not be carriers of Chingona, because why would they? I know they thought their guests would be safe in their yard because they said they didn’t feel sick. I…

  • Queen’s Letter:  If I have to come over there…!

    Queen’s Letter: If I have to come over there…!

    Today we have more words from Writers Forum President and Queen Laura Hernandez. With the COVID-19 numbers back on the rise in California, and with the lack of masks we see around town, it looks like this is going to be a longer ride than we hoped. Laura has some pointers for staying active with…

  • Queen’s Letter: My Country is on Fire

    Queen’s Letter: My Country is on Fire

    Writers Forum President and Queen Laura Hernandez submitted a short piece on supporting the protests in the middle of COVID-19 on the day the one demonstration was to assemble in the Kohl’s parking lot. Before I could get it posted, that plan had been postponed. And then merely changed locations. And then another one added.…

  • Queen’s Letter:  Notsobrighterday

    Queen’s Letter: Notsobrighterday

    Writers Forum President and Queen shares her take on the covid-19 restrictions as we enter the Memorial Day weekend. May people are optimistic that places are opening up. I remain crabby. Redding City Council meeting was bullied and bull-horned by a mob this week, demanding things open up further. They also want churches to re-open…