“The Last Leaf” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Countless students of the time, not only Mary Edwards, pp. 148-9, of The House on Harrigan’s Hill, were asked to memorize poems by poets...
The Windows Where I Write
Spring has arrived. I live in the bay area of California where the sky can be blue, blue, blue and not streaked with a single cloud. It...
What a Newly Published Author Learns
“Evocative” is a powerful word in a book review. The word implies mystery, depth of feeling, swell of remembrance, emotion rising. ...
Truckee in the Snow 1911
Happy New Year 2018 to all my readers and readers of the future. America January 2018 is living in the sun and blue sky, or freezing snow...
Birds in the Sierra
Since the first inhabitants of this fertile part of the New World, Californians have relied on the splendid variety of bird and animal...
From China to the Mountains of Gold
In the novel The House on Harrigan’s Hill, not one Chinese man or woman lived in Truckee. By the 1880’s – 1882 California law no longer...
Surprising Flowers and Herbs
Wild Lilac Mary, the heroine of The House on Harrigan’s Hill, watches a hawk soaring above the hillside filled with purple wild lilac....
California's Native Americans
Living in the high Sierra Nevada, the California Native Americans that play a role in The House on Harrigan’s Hill are the Washo...
The Scent of Fir
Enjoy the 21st century holidays. Do you live in the mountains or woods? Whether you are skiing, ice skating, or cozying up in your warm...
Songs They Sang
Down in the valley, the valley so low Hang your head over, hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow; Hang your...
