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The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Old Fire Towers & AV’s First Gas Delivery

June 24, 2023 3:26 am

Never been much of a hot-weather person and while these are the early days of summer, I surely wouldn’t mind seeing June gloom all the way up to October. Followed

John Boston

John Boston | How I Lived Through a Big Mac Attack

June 23, 2023 3:56 am

It was a heck of a week, probably payback karma. A half-century ago, I tortured my poor best friend, Phil Lanier. Philzy was taking a computer programming class our frosh

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Zoot Suit Riots & Happy Father’s Day!

June 17, 2023 5:49 am

I’m in the midst of an interesting life and I’ve set some world records that may never be broken. For a couple of things, honest to goodness, I’ve never fallen

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​When it Snowed — IN JUNE —Here!!

June 10, 2023 12:01 am

Top of a sweet Santa Clarita late-spring morning to you, saddlepals. I’ve several thousand fresh mounts all saddled, trained as good listeners and ready for our usual Mighty Signal trail

John Boston

John Boston | The Ongoing Sin of Ignoring Our Wm. S. Hart Park

June 9, 2023 5:16 am

I swear hardly at all. One should save the SHIFT/Top Of The Keyboard for issues vital or recalcitrant. So. Here goes.  For The Love Of Mike, Get Your ¡£!#ª∞%$›fi™ Butt

The Time Ranger

John Boston | Remembering Our Negro Baseball League Hero

June 3, 2023 6:24 am

​​​A happy first weekend in June to you, saddlepals. Boy. This time thing just seems to run away with us. It’s a good thing we can magically avoid it by

John Boston

John Boston | Replace Cinema to Halitosis Hart Trustees Blvd.

June 2, 2023 3:42 am

Dear Esteemed Mayor-for-Life Jason “No Argonauts” Gibbs:  Taking digits to keyboard, I bring attention to a problem most dangerous, pressing and odious to everyone inside the metaphorical walls of el

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Poor Arvo. Got Killed on ‘Gunsmoke’ 635 Times.

May 27, 2023 9:11 am

A happy Memorial Day, dear saddlepals. Hope all’s well with you all and you’re having a relaxing Sunday.  We’ve a most interesting trail ride through the back trails of SCV

John Boston

John Boston | Post-Durham, We Need Heads. Human Heads.

May 26, 2023 3:02 am

Fabled attorney, law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz recently said something that made me contort into One Of Those Faces.  Like a lion smelling a warm hyena, your nose scrunches.

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | When a Man was Named SCV Mom of the Year

May 20, 2023 9:59 am

​​​Howdy, dear saddlepals. Hope you’re all doing well and rested for our trail ride through Santa Clarita history.  This morning, we’ve a most interesting trek ahead. There are bird attacks,

John Boston

John Boston | Sledgehammers, Flies, Liberals & Polar Bears

May 19, 2023 3:18 am

When my girl was little, she was worried to the beeheebies about attending third grade the next day. I’m blessed. Indy got/gets into as much trouble as a nun in

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Camels, Gold and Gypsy Horse Thieves

May 13, 2023 6:48 am

A warm and Western Just Darn About Mother’s Day to you, dear saddlepals and especially you saddlepalettes who have the inside track on this motherhood thing.   All these May-&-Mom true

John Boston

John Boston | At My Age, Paying $17 a Month for an $18 Policy

May 12, 2023 4:01 am

As the celestial clock keeps insistently ticking, I can’t help but notice more than a few subtle changes in my life. I made the mistake the other day of wearing

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | Nixon & Ted Roosevelt Visit the SCV

May 6, 2023 2:52 am

​​​I’ll tell you saddlepals right up front. This is an epic Time Ranger trek this fine morn. C’mon. We can do the giggles, gossip, and whispers after we giddy-up through

John Boston

John Boston | Kudos to Smyth for Advancing Cauliflower EarAwareness

May 5, 2023 7:24 am

DEAR COUNCILMAN CAMERON SMYTH:  Taking digits to keyboard this fine Friday morn to actively cheer your heroic resolution to fund separate city restrooms for C.E.D. sufferers. You know. C.E.D.? Cauliflower

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Tiburcio & the Time Ranger Share Birthdays?

April 29, 2023 4:27 am

After months of just darn cold and unusual weather, it looks like Spring has made an appearance. What better morning to pick to do a little snooping around in the

John Boston

John Boston | On Open ‘Fart’ Surgery & the Laughing Heart

April 28, 2023 3:32 am

DEAR WORLD’S BEST FRIEND PHILLIP ALLEN LANIER,  Your Things To Do List tomorrow is short, but a doozy. The first item is Open Heart Surgery. By the time this letter

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | ​​​Patriots, Heroes, Saints and SCV Monsters

April 22, 2023 1:37 am

Sure has been perfect weather this month. A little sun. A little rain. A little snow. Not too hot. Not too cold and all the air’s free to breathe.  We’ve

John Boston

John Boston | Who, Among Us, Can Survive the 8-Second Kiss?

April 21, 2023 4:08 am

So I was out to dinner with two dear married pals. Strangely, it was the husband — not the wife — who shared this marital pearl. We were at a

The Time Ranger

The Time Ranger | When My Pops Couldn’t Afford Two Cents…

April 15, 2023 3:58 am

Good morning dear saddlepals. Hope everyone’s head is on tightly after a Friday night of carousing, dressing up and dancing in vole costumes and latté drinking or whatever you new

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