Gathering together again the first thing Burners heard on the Black Rock playa was the laughter of old friends reuniting after three years. It was…
Posts published by “Katy Tahja”
Loving parts of my past I jumped at the opportunity to return to the San Diego area for my 56th high school reunion in July.…
After serving as curator at the Kelley House Museum for four years, and guiding it through the challenges of COVID, Karen McGrath has retired. Her…
If readers were ever curious about how WWII effected Mendocino citizens, here’s one answer. While many people are familiar with the internment camps for people…
Do readers know Oregon has a “Lost Forest”? Excuse me, the state is covered in forest, how could some of it become “lost”? The answer…
Questions about the Albion Lumber Company’s miles of railroad on the Mendocino Coast have been popping up at the Kelley House Museum recently. Here’s a…
In this day and age wars are fought about water use because too many users want to draw on too small a supply. In this…
Ralph Bostrom has been writing Letters to the Editor to the Anderson Valley Advertiser for years. Now in his 90s he’s an involuntary resident of…
Researching a book on the Orr Hot Springs area I amass more information than I could ever possibly use in what I plan to be…