Heavens. I’m just sneaking under the wire with this one. It’s March 31 and the last day of Women’s History Month. I just wanted to salute those forgotten ladies who
Gotta say. This has been the consistently coldest winter I can remember in my lifetime. It’s hardly broken into the 70s since 2022 and I’ve worn a serious winter coat.
One of the 20th century’s most delightful gifts was the mythicist, Joseph Campbell. He may have been all of history’s most enlightened scholars of comparative religions and after you peel
I must confess. This is one of the most interesting, strange and exciting Time Ranger adventures up ahead. I’m guessing many of you will attempt to sneak back into the
I have a few friends my age who are simply not wired to sit through a movie. We’ll be in the theater, chomping down popcorn. Bristling with impatience, they’ve gotten up
Welcome Santa Clarita old-timers and newcomers, friends and neighbors. We’ve got a horse just your size and temperament waiting and lots of adventures ahead. Take your dusters and make sure
Pretty much, my feathers are tough to ruffle. I don’t embarrass easily. Others? Some do. Like my dopey sister-like substance, “Tweedie.” Tweedmeister made the mistake of having children. When her
Up and at ’em, you bunk huggers and Saturday morning nap-takers. We’re burning daylight. Hop on your horses. There’s an interesting trail ride through Santa Clarita Valley history up ahead.
These certainly are the high holy days of pestering. Anything you buy afterward lurks the dreaded follow-up survey: “Hi! We at Dubble Bubble just wanted to make sure you enjoyed
Sure has been a nippy winter this 2022-2023. I just noticed. This is the first winter in the last several years where we haven’t been visited by even one of
Editor’s note: The following column incorrectly implies that Admiral Rachel Levine is in the Navy. Levine is actually the head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which is
A happy and spring-like February morning to you, saddlepals. Hasn’t this just been the most gorgeous week? Fill your lungs up with air because it sure is free. We’ve a
Basketball was one of my first loves and, coming from a troubled childhood, it brought me the gift of boundaries. I can’t recall eating a meal with Mom and Dad,
Warm & Western howdy, saddlepals. Come on you green SCV yuppies and grizzled old Santa Claritianonites. Out of them warm, toasty bunks. Grab your lattes and saddles. We’ve some
I dreamed of death the other night. Mine. Nothing dramatic. A mob in the tens of thousands, faces distorted, angry, screaming, shaking fists and farm implements, was intent on killing me.
A warm and Western howdy to you, saddlepals — and happy A Coupla Days After Groundhog Day. Cook ’em if you got ’em. Or, go the sushi route. We won’t
In a move to make the government-ordered transition from gas stoves and heating to solar, the state of California’s newly formed M.U.M. Commission (Make Us Miserable) announced they’ll be hosting
Is it me? Or does January sure seem to disappear in a hurry? Again, be thankful we can travel through history so time just doesn’t seem so all-fired important. This
Just this week, I stumbled upon Mary Eberstadt for the first time. Mary’s an essayist, novelist, lecturer, research fellow-ette at the Hoover Institute and, damn her eyes, a woman conservative
We’ve an interesting trail ride through local history, amigos and amigo-ettes. Hold firm on those reins and hide the baby’s eyes. We’ve got giant naked men ransacking houses. There’s train