Abraham Lincoln Shot Here in Newhall!
March 15, 2020 5:00 am
Sigh. Have to confess. I do, so, like the rain. If I were Emperor of the Santa Clair-reet, my first official act would be to make sure it rains thrice
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John Boston | It’s National Blame Someone Else Day. Don’t Look at Us.
March 13, 2020 7:49 am
Ah, the index finger. The most dangerous of digits, more so than the provocative second from the thumb? Key to your sister’s chastity belt? Grandmama’s IQ? That’s Why You Have
Happy Anniversary to our Greatest Tragedy
March 7, 2020 5:00 am
I’ve some exciting news, saddlepals. I did a little digging and found out that the guy who invented Daylight Saving Time lives in Stevenson Ranch. All 20,000-something of us are
John Boston | Switch to Being a Democrat? I’d Rather Eat Dirt.
March 6, 2020 7:30 am
A dear friend sincerely asked if I’d consider “switching teams.” He didn’t mean I should start wearing bun-hugger short-shorts, mascara and fan myself coquettishly as I lament how difficult it
Two-Gun Bill & the 15,000-Word Question
February 29, 2020 5:00 am
Amen boy howdy, are you saddlepals going to be insufferably smart after we finish this Sunday’s trail ride. Got tons of especially cool Santa Clarita historical trivia and at the
John Boston | On Being Haunted, By Two Dead And One Living…
February 28, 2020 1:43 am
I saw two dead people Sunday night. It was late. I was headed home, driving through a deserted downtown Los Angeles. As I rounded the corner, the still-warm bodies were posed
Pinochle, Potatoes, Prose & a Barber’s Pole
February 22, 2020 5:00 am
So terribly sorry. You certainly may bring your cell phones. You can even take pictures. Alas, for some reason, the images don’t survive the trip back so you’ll have to
John Boston | A Choreographer Owes Me a Ton of Tax Money
February 21, 2020 11:36 am
Many years ago now, I strangled my baby brother. No need to send the police. It was a justifiable homicide. My youngest sibling-like substance, Hondo, is interesting. He’s never had
Tom Lee & the Mysterious Death of Victor Gruen
February 15, 2020 5:00 am
Absolute Christmas treat to see you amigos, amigas, saddlepals, saddlepal-ettes and, my personal favorite SCV demographic: You People. Hope early February 2020 has been kind to you and you’re feeling
John Boston | The Vainglorious Beauty of Driving a Big Bentley . . .
February 14, 2020 7:25 am
So amidst all the madness of impeachment, Oscar bozos, the agonizing mystery of where Patriots QB and multimillionaire Tom Brady and his supermodel wife will dwell, living in an absolute
When we almost became Ventura County
February 8, 2020 5:00 am
Top of a beautiful Santa Clarita Sunday morn. Nice to see you friends, neighbors, saddlepals and saddlepal-ettes. Time to time travel. We’ve a most interesting trek in front of us
John Boston | Free Alimony! Vote for Me, Bernie Boston!
February 7, 2020 2:23 am
After following the explosion in a clown factory previously called the Iowa Caucuses, I’ve decided to change my name to Bernie Sanders-Boston and run for president. As a Democrat. What
So What Do You Give for the 101st Anniversary?
February 1, 2020 5:00 am
Jiminy Christmas wasn’t it Christmas 20 minutes ago? Ditto for February 2019? Putting “BUY BRAKES” on my shopping list so we can apply them to time.
John Boston | Not Dead Yet? Alas, Poor Terry. Yes, You Are…
January 31, 2020 7:37 am
I have a friend who contemplated suicide. Dear me. I suspect I’ve many friends who, at one time, when things grew so dark, secretly contemplated this ultimate narcissism. Beneath the dirt,
When Hart High was Almost Fremont High
January 25, 2020 5:00 am
A happy Sunday morning to you, dear Santa Clarita saddlepals. As usual, we’ve a most interesting trek waiting for us. Just wiggle a left foot into the stirrup, hoist your fetching heinie up and into the saddle and direct your noble steed to yonder swirling black hole/time vortex.
John Boston | Keno Waitresses & Throwing Knives at Miss SCV…
January 24, 2020 1:37 am
Even in the worst of situations, unless we’re talking about being plopped alive into an industrial wood chipper like that poor lady in “Fargo,” there’s a lesson to be learned.
Rain, Snow & The Quiet Heroes of Sloan Canyon
January 18, 2020 5:00 am
Top of a wonderful and quite beautiful Sunday morning to you, dear saddlepals and saddlepalettes. As usual, we’ve a most entertaining trail ride into SCV history ahead, plenty of scenery, plenty of good companionship.
John Boston | The Nostalgia of An Armpit in Old D-Town Newhall
January 17, 2020 6:50 am
Maybe 50 years from now, I’ll get my official card as a Newhall old-timer, which allows discounts, like free drinking water at Hart Park and no waiting for a counter
When Tarzan Played the SCV in Baseball
January 11, 2020 5:00 am
I shouldn’t mention the word, “apes” above a whisper. Might spook the horses. BUT, on this beautiful Sunday morn trail ride into the Santa Clarita Valley lore of yesteryear, we are not only going to bump into some (lowering the voice) “apes,” but the bona fide Lord of them.
John Boston | Hopefully, Mrs. Smith Does NOT Go to Washington
January 10, 2020 8:33 am
Truly, Christy Smith, local state assemblywoman for the Santa Clarita’s Fighting 38th, it pains me to write this. Hate like heck to bag on a fellow Hart High Indian. Wish