I enjoy walking through the neighborhood and around Eureka looking at houses and public buildings. This is a community with many vintage and historic structures, especially houses. Eureka was founded around 1850, as a port for shipping supplies to goldfields further north, and later as a port for shipping logs. Humboldt County was the sourceContinue reading “Eureka’s Distinctive Look”
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Fall Days in the Finger Lakes
I haven’t been posting. There are many reasons, but let’s skip to today and my new post on a recent trip to New York. October in upstate New York can be a riot of color as the last of the leaves change from green to yellow, orange, and red. October also lifts the curtain onContinue reading “Fall Days in the Finger Lakes”
Wild Blackberries
Berries are in season, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, thimbleberries, tayberries, boysenberries, blueberries, huckleberries, and even the everywhere-invasive Himalayan blackberries. You can pick your own berries along the roadside, you can buy them at the farmer’s markets, or in the Safeway. Even better, the last Saturday in July, you can visit the Westhaven Fire Department outside Trinidad,Continue reading “Wild Blackberries”
That Magical Weekend
Memorial Day weekend is one of the best moments of the year in Humboldt County, CA. The Kinetic Grand Championship takes place on this weekend every year. It’s a three-day race of human-powered contraptions that emphasizes joy, creativity, and problem-solving. It’s a festive, fun, and largely free of charge weekend, my absolute favorite time toContinue reading “That Magical Weekend”
Halcyon Days
Flowers are in full bloom and the weather is cooperating, giving us warm days and cool nights. Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and with it the official start to summer tourist season. Every weekend from now through October has a major event. There will be three or four farmers markets each week, festivals, andContinue reading “Halcyon Days”
A Gallery Opening For Me
North Coast Open Studios takes place over two weekends in June when studios all over Humboldt County are open to visitors. I participate in Open Studios, opening my garage, moving out the car, vacuuming, dusting, setting out tables with all the things I’ve made during the year, and hoping for a sunny weekend. People trickleContinue reading “A Gallery Opening For Me”
Visiting with Julia Morgan and a stay at the Benbow Inn
Our first out of town adventure in ages was a visit to Redwood Grove, a house designed by Julia Morgan, the first woman architect in the state of California1. Morgan is best known for designing much of Hearst Castle, the estate overlooking the coast in San Simeon, CA. Her work at Hearst Castle spanned muchContinue reading “Visiting with Julia Morgan and a stay at the Benbow Inn”
Spring comes to Humboldt
Every year is different in far northern California. Daffodils bloomed at the end of January, trees flowered in February. Temperatures got down to about 40 F. at night, rarely lower. Daytimes were warmer, though only in the low 50s, though that was nicer than anywhere else in the country. Until last week when it beganContinue reading “Spring comes to Humboldt”
You Don’t Turn 100 Every Day
DEAR READER: IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF THIS EVENT TO SHARE, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO ME AT WCREAMER151@GMAIL.COM AND I WILL ADD THEM. THANKS! This post may take some time to load fully. It includes two video clips, a slide show and quite a few large photos. The end of January is not a greatContinue reading “You Don’t Turn 100 Every Day”
“Not My President”‘s Day
I went to a protest against what is wrong with our government today, and discovered that a lot of people think there are a lot of things going wrong. It may be difficult to address these issues overall because there are so many of them. Most people could agree on one thing: There were 300Continue reading ““Not My President”‘s Day”
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