PacificNWNews Tarot genius and musician dies

Antonia Lambs Birthdate

We heard via three very reliable sources in the Mendocino-Fort Bragg area, that Antonia Lamb was found dead at her home by a friend who came to visit. Antonia was not known to be in ill health. This comes as a surprise and a shock to hundreds who knew her or knew of her.

Antonia moved to the Mendocino Coast in 1967 becoming one of the pioneering new generation called back to the landers. She played and recorded music. She took wonderful pictures with her Nikon F1. She hosted local radio shows, read Tarot Cards and generally was super person to know. Up till early this morning I had not heard of her for quite a while. This is a sad day for those who knew her...including myself.

While Antonia was not a member of the Back to the Land Movement, she did love the coast at the same time as disenchanted hippies in San Fran came in. 

The back-to-the-land movement was a social movement based around the idea of living a self-sufficient life close to nature. It was characterized by the idea that everyday life is methodically practiced and based on a set of moral values or choices. For many people homesteading became a spiritual practice, giving meaning to daily life through adhering to values of simplicity and anti-consumerism. 

 

SINCE the ’60s and ’70s, when a flood of artists, hippies and back-to-the-landers brought the cosmopolitan counterculture to this corner of Northern California, the Mendocino coast has made appearances on too many television shows (“Murder, She Wrote,” most notably) and movies (“Overboard,” for one) to mention. Once a collection of working-class logging, fishing and ranching communities, the Coast — as it’s called by residents — has become a stand-in for California’s left-coast eccentricities. This series of hamlets, small towns and rural ridges is now widely known for its intoxicants — its celebrated wine, beer and marijuana. But what makes this stretch of oceanfront real estate so stirring is its profound natural beauty and fierce independence.  -New York Times

Pacific Waves Crashing into Mendocino Coast
Picture by Bob Shannon 1980 Film

100 Years of Movies Filmed on the Mendocino Coast

The first movie filmed in Mendocino was a documentary about the mighty redwood trees in the area. Beginning in 1916, there were 17 silent movies filmed in the area. There have been 43 movies with sound filmed here, as well as the famous TV series, “Murder She Wrote” and other TV programs and commercials.
If you’d like to know more about filming in the area, contact the Mendocino County Film Office, located in Fort Bragg at the Mendocino Coast Chamber of Commerce.

 Village of Mendocino from Across the Bay by Bob Shannon 1979 Film

Pic by Bob

Yup and this too

Understand that the squirrel is very smart. He knows winter will come and maybe because he started 3 weeks ago which is early, he knew it would be a bad winter. Agreeing with Mr Squirrel is Kathy Meader who remembers last time we had a long hot summer was the summer before the record snowfall. Actually unless one had to go to work, record snows can be fun. I know I had fun but I drove a car back then. This time I have to depend on others... Lets hope Mr Squirrel is wrong..if not..I'm moving to Florida

Antonias first album. I have this
record. I also have records by her brother Bob Blick.
A great family....