Could New Zealand ever be the happiest nation on earth for insects, mushrooms, plants, and animals — as well as people? I’m curious as to the answer, because down here in the less-populated South Island, …
July 17, 2024
Bill Manson writes cover stories and features for the San Diego Reader.
Some samples of his early writing:
July 25, 1996:Song for the Uprooted (mariachi music in TJ's Zona Norte)
March 19, 1998: Larry's Best Gal (interview with Larry Lawrence aide Norma Nicolls)
March 16, 1995: Coyote, Tarantula, Silence, Sea (the four corners of San Diego County)
Sept. 24, 1998: Cunanan's Last Laugh (computer game based on gay serial killer)
March 25, 1999: Kidnapped! (Georgina Crespo's abduction from Coronado Cays)
Articles by Bill Manson
Dr. Colin Meurk seeks to save ancient New Zealand
Steen Rasmussen is banking on biochar
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: Steen Rasmussen is banking on biochar“Biochar!” says Steen out of the blue.“Say what?” says Erik.Steen Rasmussen and I are hooped over the bar at McP’s Irish Pub in Coronado with my friend Erik …
July 3, 2024
What is it about the 35 bus?
“I keep coming back,” says the elderly lady with the walker-wheeler, Lupita. “I’ve been coming here for forty years.”“That’s more than I can say,” says Israel. Izzy. He’s sitting at 90 degrees from Lupita in …
June 12, 2024
Drifter Luke Fink likes the traveling life
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: Luke Fink, a drifter headed for homeI meet him at LAX, at one of those tables where you go to charge your iPhone. He’s watching video of cars hurling themselves around bends in …
June 12, 2024
Dozer the pit bull bids farewell to The Bullpen
His watery eyes are open, but they don’t blink. He’s spreadeagled on his cushion at the foot of Papa Joe’s stool, his nose and mouth splayed over his black and yellowish toenails.“It’s his last night,” …
June 7, 2024
San Diego’s Fringe Festival includes award-winning New Zealand act
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: SD’s Fringe Festival includes award-winning New Zealand act The Only Bones ProjectWhen I hear Fringe Festival, I think of Scotland’s Edinburgh. Its Fringe Festival is as famous as its mainstream one, and it …
June 5, 2024
Crochet is not just for girls
“It’s a very trending hobby right now,” says David Caywood-Hernandez. I have spotted him at a 901 bus stop, crocheting away at something pink and aquamarine and woolly. He’s poking a single hooked needle into …
May 17, 2024
Shanti Hershenson: 15 books by 16 years old
This is scary. I’m here at the April 6th San Diego Writers Festival, a modest gathering that people are starting to take seriously: the organizers were able to promise “90 speakers at 40 events” all …
May 15, 2024
Maggie Starfire douses drinks at Danny’s
Video:Famed SEAL’s daughter makes a show out of her crazy hobbySome exotic goings-on at Danny’s Palm Bar on Orange Avenue in Coronado. A girl dances on the bar top, waving live flames about herself. Suddenly, …
May 1, 2024