Category Archives: history
Redwoods Trip V: Cathedral Trees, Elk Meadow
June 5, 2024 | Photo Album The highlight of our trip were the walks associated with a three-night stay at Elk Meadow Cabins, which are nestled on private land between the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park and Redwood National Park. … Continue reading
Redwoods Trip III: Stout Grove
June 4, 2024 | Photo Album We got around early on our third morning of the vacation so that we could reach the Stout Grove of redwoods before it became crowded. The Stout Memorial Grove is in the heart of … Continue reading
My Math Memoirs
Math was usually my most difficult academic subject. That surprises people who know that I was an award-winning high school physics teacher. I think that having to work to earn As in math improved my teaching. I related to students … Continue reading
Tot Rods, Big Wheels, Sting-Rays, and Scorchers
Christmas 1969 brought me the first childhood vehicle I clearly recall: a Murray Tot Rod pedal car. I had a tricycle before it, and two different bicycles after it to round out my childhood vehicles before I got my first … Continue reading
Fragmentary Fisher-Price
Fisher-Price made toys that I know I loved despite infantile amnesia. Children generally cannot remember events from before the age of three and start remembering things consistently around the age of four. We adults can access fragment memories, which are … Continue reading
Meador Manor 