Better hurry up and start diggin, and I ain’t kiddin’ for it’s gonna start gettin’ hot, hot, hot around these parts, all on account of Asteroid Nemesis 128, discovered on Nov. 25, 1872, and it seems to be coming back to “get” us. Me mind on fire, me soul on fire,...
Now that the holidays have passed us by, it’s time to climb into my Time Machine and transport myself into the future. Don’t worry, I’ll be back again someday. Perhaps we’ll all meet again someday. Let’s see now, how do I strap myself in? I sure wouldn’t want to go...
Once again, the rain gods have smiled down upon us and our mountaintop communities. Not since Lake Gregory was replenished by a single downpour in 1938 have we witnessed so much H2O in such a brief interval. Why, it was raining so hard last week, there were alligator...
Merry Christmas everyone…Ho, Ho, Ho. Here it is Christmas on the mountain again, and it’s freezing cold…Brrrrrr. Sure do wish I was in Hawaii, where it’s sunny and bright on Christmas Day. Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day. That’s...
People sometimes ask me if I was at Woodstock. Sadly, I have to admit I didn’t make it. Seems it was in upstate New York, and I was here in California, trying to get enough credits to graduate with the class of ’69. Also, sadly, I didn’t graduate until 1970. Must have...
Back in the day, when I was a young sprout growing up in the OC, I got a chance to be in the second grade Christmas musical at Tustin Elementary School. Since I couldn’t sing, my teacher, Mrs. Crabtree, let me play the triangle (a metal triangle that you beat with a...
