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The rest of the story
There used to be a radio program whose host gave news as it was supposed to have happened. After...
The lady
There hangs on my wall, among an assortment of family photos, a photo of a fine looking lady. Her...
A Silent Night
Father Joseph Mohr had journeyed to Oberndorf , a small town in Austria. It was his new assignment...
Trees of history
As a young person, when I still lived in Mojave, it was a special day when we could come to...
As time goes by
I remember one Dec. 31, 2016, New Year's Eve when Father Time, old 2016, made an effort to throw...
Happy birthday, California
When you find that someone who should remember has forgotten your birthday, you say, "Oh, don't...
History at a glance, part 3
This finishes off a thumbnail sketch of the happenings that I once jotted down. It's a mighty long...
History at a glance, part 2
I left you in the early days of the 20th Century in "nineteen 'aught' nine." That's the way the old...
History at a glance, part 1
Sometimes it's interesting to read little timelines listing events of many years ago. I don't...
A joke always helps
Some years ago I was asked by the Friends of the Depot to speak at one of their meetings about my...
The mountains of home
When in high school I read a poem that began, "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the...
Museums are us!
The Tehachapi Heritage League has received permission to open the doors of the Museum and Errea...
Fourth of July free barbecue!
One of my earlier memories from the 1930s was Tehachapi's 4th of July free barbecue! It was taken...
A Nob Hill home
Even though the pictured home was destroyed by the 1952 Earthquake, at one time in the 1890s, it...
Riding the rails
Since the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, people have had a love affair with tr...
Elvira
We all, on occasion, make a visit to a cemetery and in this time period we find most of them well ma...
Eastertime then and now
The religious celebration of Easter is eternal and the reason for the commemoration of the day...
Saying what you mean
I travel north occasionally to visit one of my sons. Sometimes we go out to have dinner and one...
The Spirit of Tehachapi
I was reading a portion of an old news article the other day that sounded like an advertisement for...
In the beginning...
Tehachapi was once a vast, spacious valley with tall, waving grasses, wild game and running...
The Flood of 1945
Mark Twain is reputed to have said, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything...
Call the Doctor
When I was a child and we became ill, my mother took over with a few home remedies. If that didn't w...
Dogs' best friends are those who love them
Everyone has a dog story. Those animals whose main concern is the person who owns them. Their love...
It takes a heap o' livin'
In 1933, during one of the worst periods of the great depression, my parents found themselves...
Splitting infinitives
I get along very well with the English language as it's the only language I learned to speak. A smat...