I am writing this in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. My connection here goes back a long way, to my parents having bought some property on the island back in the 60’s. Other than the magnificent ...
2024 Reflections: Not So Bad… Really And another year bites the dust! I’ve had better years, but 2024 wasn’t so bad… really. It’s all relative. Some health glitches, starting in Apri...
I was looking back through my archives and discovered a story I had written back in July, 2020. Below is the story, verbatim. Things don’t seem to change much, do they? Government Food Cha...
THOSE WERE THE DAYS Once upon a time there was a tavernWhere we used to raise a glass or twoRemember how we laughed away the hoursAnd dreamed of all the great things we would do I remember those days ...
WHY WE LIVE HERE – PART FIVE Once again thanks to the Red Scarf Society, bless their hearts, for bringing to Siskiyou County another great musical experience Tuesday night: a Beach Boys tribute band c...
There was a time when most towns had drive-in theatres. The remnants of one still existed when Ann and I came to Yreka in 1972. During my college days they were a big deal. I went to the U...
OrTHE MAD PLAYERS DID IT AGAIN! Trouble! It’s 1867 and Beaver Valley is in crisis. The townsfolk are divided … over everything! Incivility is the order of the day. Nothing is g...
The Septuagenarian Speaks – published November 8, 2018, Siskiyou Daily News “ ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’ cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she forgot how to speak good Englis...
In 1976 the City of Yreka, with much community fund-raising support, constructed a public building that its citizens could take pride in. It was the Yreka Community Theater, at the end of North ...
Summery: “Don’t Give Up Trying to Save the Dams. It’s About More Than the Fish” discusses the environmental concerns related to the potential removal of dams, with a focus on the impact on...