A CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE FOREST For my mother and father, the tree had to fit these specifications: a six to seven foot Douglas Fir, fresh if possible, big blue-green needles, full branching. And oh, yes. It must exude that wonderful resiny smell of the forest on a summer day, the trade mark so to [...]
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A Lost World: Southern California Dreaming—Part 4
Posted in California, Los Angeles Childhood Memoir 1930s-1940s, tagged California Christmas, Christmas traditions, Christmas Tree Traditions, Los Angeles Childhood 1940s, Southern California Christmas, Southern California Memoir on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Lost World: Southern California Dreaming — Part 3
Posted in California, Los Angeles Childhood Memoir 1930s-1940s, People, Western Photography, tagged California Farming, Los Angeles Childhood 1940s, Southern California Gardening, Southern California Memoir on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
FARMING I grew up on a 7000 square foot city lot in inner-suburban Los Angeles. I grew up gardening. But I considered it, or imagined it, to be farming. In Southern California before automatic drip systems, the homely hose was the workhorse of the garden. Since my family often traveled through the San Joaquin Valley [...]
A Lost World: Southern California Dreaming – Part 2
Posted in California, Los Angeles Childhood Memoir 1930s-1940s, Parks & Monuments, People, Western Photography, tagged Angeles National Forest history, Catalina Island CA history, Los Angeles Childhood 1940s, Los Angeles Pictures 1920s, San Gabriel Mts history, Southern California Memoir on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ROMANCE, 1928 The woman in the picture is eighteen. The location, resembling a Hollywood stage set, is Avalon, on Catalina Island, some 30 miles west of Los Angeles harbor. Yachts anchor offshore, a casino is in the background. The time is around 1928. The photo of the woman is well composed. A slight angle of [...]
A Lost World: Southern California Dreaming — Part 1
Posted in California, Los Angeles Childhood Memoir 1930s-1940s, Oregon, People, Western Photography, tagged Christmas traditions, Christmas Tree Traditions, Los Angeles Childhood 1940s, Oregon Coast Photography, Southern California Christmas, Southern California Memoir on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE CHRISTMAS CABIN Once upon a time there was a woodsy cabin, made of alder logs, set deep in the woods. This cabin was very small. That, however, made little difference. This is the thing: Each Christmas season, around December 6, the cabin was reoccupied for a month. Sometimes it stood firm, heavy with snow. [...]
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