Top of a beautiful March morning to you, saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trail ride ahead through the backroads of Santa Clarita Valley history. This marks our 97th anniversary of
My dad, dear, lovable angel of a person, Walt Cieplik, died crazy. There was a never a kinder man. The twin devils of Alzheimer’s and dementia took him over. He
Howdy, dear friends and saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trail ride ahead through the back canyons and ridges of Santa Clarita history. There’s gold discoveries and the usual swarthy criminals.
Somewhere, safely wrapped away, is my old Hart letterman’s jacket. Me being me, I couldn’t just stick with the traditional maroon and grey school colors. No. I procured an ancient
Is it me or has the year 2025 just been sprinting by? One bona fide solution to that is to swing up on a fine steed, tip our hats to
When she was little, my dear sweetie pie daughter and I were strolling down the ancient wooden sidewalks of Melody Ranch a few days before the Cowboy Music & Poetry
Cover your horse’s ears, but we’re going to go back in time to when an animal rights group tried to get all the cows and horses in the valley to
DEAR CONGRESSMAN GEORGE WHITESIDES: My apologies for my debilitating tardiness, George. I’ve been meaning to ask you for a few favors since your election as SClarita’s House of Representatives, uh
Top of the Santa Clarita Valley Saturday morning to you, saddlepals. We’ve a most excellent trail ride ahead, filled with adventure, breathtaking vistas and lots of gee whiz information. There’s
Today the valley will be abuzz with a flurry of romantic activity ranging from true love to Fear For Your Life guilt. It’s Valentine’s Day. On paper, it’s designed to
One of my great sins is enthusiasm, so sometimes it’s hard to measure my words. Having said that, let me assure you, this is one of the darn most interesting
AÂ poker game, thrown tomato, a rotting corpse and a lazy-asterisks honorary mayor were ultimately responsible for the creation of our city. Long before Santa Clarita was founded in a special
It’s simply amazing how fast the month of January disappears. Here we are, last Saturday of 2025. Good thing for us we have the luxury of time travel. This fine
Many years ago, I met this tech exec at the nosebleed levels of Microsoft management. Wish there was flirtation to spice up the story. Sorry. There’s not. I knew this
A most warm and Western howdy to you, Santa Clarita saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trail ride ahead through local history, one filled with dairy hijinks, blizzards and grisly posse
Old-timers love to wax nostalgic about the good old days, how beauty and poetry flew lazily across the Santa Clarita Valley, like butterflies and whippoorwills floating on gentle spring breezes.Â
Despite all the biblical catastrophes surrounding us, surely has been a gloriously beautiful week here in sanctuary Santa Clarita. Prayers and well wishes to our Southern California neighbors during these
So it’s no big secret. I’m on Facebook. I keep up with the goings-on of old and dear high school chums, former workplace clock watchers and Democrat amigos with their
Top of a wintry morning here in one of the absolute best spots on the entire globe. I chat with friends across the country. They’re shivering or shoveling snow. Here?
Well amen boy howdy, here we go, first Saturday in January 2025, on our very first time ride through the back canyons of Santa Clarita lore and history. Isn’t it
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