Month: September 2016

HIGH DECIBLE LEVEL

Gold Panning Championships Finals in Placerville on September 17-18 wound upwards into high levels of cheering by onlookers of every country, including a bagpiper from Spain. Amid the din, flags swirled, the announcer’s enthusiasm mounted,  and the competitors panned faster than ever. Winner results are still being according to officials as of Friday, 9/23.  A… Continue reading HIGH DECIBLE LEVEL

STUFF IT!

Wondering what to do with all that squash?  Too many apples?  You’ve been called to Apple Hill™ and know the first day of Autumn is September 22, Thursday.  You know the trees will soon be a blaze of color: Come visit the farms!  The farmers’markets are bounding in every kind of squash, melon and pumpkin… Continue reading STUFF IT!

International Gold Panning Competition

http://www.eldorado2016.com/  The Placerville Fairgrounds was a-buzz with visitors, competitors, vendors, and golf carts darting to and fro on missions of every description to keep everyone happy. Most of the day was a waiting game: for the spectators and competitors alike, until their turn came to pan. The Italian delegates were enthusiastic and Uncle Fuzzy and… Continue reading International Gold Panning Competition

A Story That Needs To Be Told

The year was 1947. The place is Pasadena, California. The people gathered around the bridge table are regulars. The topic is a regular complaint about the lousy weather, and the city congestion. It was, as L. G. “Frank” Beals put it at the time, “making him sick.” Frank was is one of the gang with… Continue reading A Story That Needs To Be Told