From my office I can see the sky through a streaked pane of glass. It's cold and musty back there. I watch a lot of cable TV, drive back and forth to Caspar with quick jaunts to Corners. While directed to the visitor with money to spend at wineries and restaurants, Heidi's book also is a celebration of survival. Artists and ordinary-type people here have created many small businesses in order to make a living.
Many businesses are earth-friendly and run in the best spirit of enlightened capitalism.
We tend to get busy in Mendocino making a living. We get used to the spectacular views and the clean air and we stop noticing them. You just about have to be here on vacation to appreciate how precious and fragile all this is. David Weitzman is an interesting man. He's funny, full of ideas, very smart, and a self-tutored author of outstanding books for children and adults.