PART I Weather and People “In an old buckboard with our luggage strapped on behind we drove through fields of golden poppies. At last! … a breath of incomparable pure mountain air and a view of … Michigan Avenue (now Foothill Boulevard) in the heart of … our valley. I found most … to be […]
“Weather for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.” – George Carlin With consideration of the weather forecast given in the CV Weekly last week “… expected to remain the same – hot!” the above quotation is definitely a safe one with 100% accuracy. So, what’s up with this crazy weather? […]
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi By Sue KILPATRICK Summer evenings make up for the discomfort of a hot summer day. Humans and canines alike will attest to this fact. The sun goes down, temperatures cool, it’s light until […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “It’s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lie on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or just happened.” – “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Mark Twain, 1885 Summertime on the […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “Can such things be And overcome us like a summer’s cloud, Without our special wonder?” – William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” Persons reading this quotation in India and southern Asia would not understand the significance and “wonder” of a cloud on a summer’s day. Living in a Mediterranean climate as we do in Southern […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “Let’s light this fire one more time, Mike, and witness this great nation at its best.” – Space Shuttle Atlantis Commander Christopher Ferguson told launch director Mike Leinbach just before liftoff on July 8, 2011 Last Friday, July 8 was a day of making memories and swelling with pride as the space […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “We call upon the waters that rim the earth, Horizon to horizon, that flow in our rivers and streams, That fall upon our gardens and fields, And we ask that they teach us And show us the way.” ~ Chinook Native American blessing Our country celebrated another birthday this week. The weather […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower When summer descends upon us, we often experience a sense of […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “Dad! … You’re Paul McCartney, aren’t you?” “Yes darling, but I’m Daddy really.” – Paul Mc Cartney, recalling raising his children in the 70s, as said to him by his little girl Stella Mc Cartney as they rode their ponies in Scotland. Those years go by quickly, but remain as memories forever. […]
By- Sue KILPATRICK “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it is lightening that does the work.” – Mark Twain, said to his friend Nikola Tesla, scientist and inventor in electricity Not much thunder to the storm system that slowly made its way across the Foothills. Although very impressive for June, we only received a […]