As an Igo resident, I drive by the Northern California Veterans Cemetery nearly every day.
Last month my reporter antenna perked up when I noticed activity at the scrub oak and manzanita covered property directly north of the cemetery.
Bruce and I were each at our respective computers putting Food for Thought to bed when Bruce called to me from another room. (Open flooring seemed a good idea at one time.) He shouted that someone just e-mailed us an incredible piece of news. “The Record Searchlight laid… Continue Reading
“Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have.” Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)
The historic town of Gas Point burned to the ground late Monday night on Lower Gas Point Road in north-west Cottonwood.
During its prime in the mid-1800s, Gas Point was a booming, bustling place. Gold mining was big business.
By Tuesday morning all that remained of Gas Point were ashes, small hunks, chunks and planks of charred metal and the surrounding giant oaks, some of which were felled because of smoldering upper branches.
“Study the past if you would devine the future” ConfuciusÂ
Original Article Raspberry Lemon Tart 1 unbaked tart crust (see below) Lemon cream filling (see below) Fresh raspberries (or other fresh berries or kiwis) Fill tart or pie crust with lemon cream. Place on a baking sheet. Bake in the… Continue Reading
I would love my friend, Joanne, even if she suddenly withdrew my standing invitation to enter her Redding yard any old time my fruit-pickin’ heart desired to pluck lemons and grapefruits from her trees. All I want. No limit. Likewise,… Continue Reading
My aim is to put down what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way I can tell it. Ernest Hemingway
If lah-dee-dah, mega-square-foot, marble-floored, professionally decorated McMansion home tours are the only kinds that turn your head – then Sunday’s 2nd Annual Cottage Tour is not for you. However, if you’re drawn to more modestly-sized abodes, ones furnished, built and decorated with creativity, ingenuity,… Continue Reading
“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble there’s no place like home!” John Howard Payne (1791-1852)
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