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Archive for November 11th, 2008

We are about to go into a “phase” as my mother used to refer to my dependence on a specific set of terms, ideas or behavior. That phase is going to be around for awhile and it’s going to drive us nuttier than a 4 year presidential election campaign. It is a ‘racism’ phase and [...]

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I’m embarrassed to say I know next to nothing about the history of Southern California.  And it is a most fascinating history that starts with a fascinating culture – The Chumash. You can gather the history from other sources.  What surprised me was the speed at which the Chumash population disappeared.  In 1769 a Spanish [...]

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