Stories
MY FAVORITE MEATHEAD
‘Splain me that! Those were the days. I did not grow up watching All in the Family on television. By the time the show first aired, my growing up was nearly done. I was already sixteen years old. A year later, I graduated from high school and left home for...
“I Will Save California”: A Lesson from a Float Trip down Cache Creek
Let's Have Some Fun! California’s Governor is getting under the skin of our President. It isn’t a pretty image, is it? Because of Governor Newsom’s recent posts on X, done in the style of President Trump, last night, the President posted that Governor Newsom has...
Don’t Play with Fire!
The day we lost the barn I was five years old. So was David. We both attended Mrs. Benford’s afternoon kindergarten. My mother was a nurse at Dr. Gulick’s office in town, three miles away. So, mornings my mother needed a sitter. She paid David’s mother, Mrs. Draper,...
“First thing, kill all the kittens!”
If only la Genara were still alive.
Holiday Letter 2023
Excavation at Pearl’s Hotel
A Day Trip With A Stop in Lecrín
At the end of this story you will find some photographs of a few places in the Valley of Lecrín. I have also borrowed a graphic representation of the Valley of Lecrín created for Turismo Valle de Lecrin, an association of local business people about whom I know...
