Tag Archives: California

Book Review: Imperfect Union

Posted on November 7, 2023 by nathanalbright

Imperfect Union: How Jessie And John Frèmont Mapped The West, Invented Celebrity, And Helped Cause The Civil War, by Steve Inskeep Given the author’s radical critical attitude of the celebrity culture (which was not invented by or for the Fremonts) … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: The Trials Of Laura Fair

Posted on January 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Trials Of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, And Insanity In The Victorian West, by Carole Haber, read by Pam Ward This book greatly irritated me, and a large part of this book’s problems is the fact that the author simultaneously … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cult City

Posted on September 4, 2020 by nathanalbright

Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, And 10 Days That Shook San Francisco In reading this rather unpleasant but deeply interesting book, I was struck by the question of whether the ten days that the author writes about with a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: I’ll Be Gone In The Dark

Posted on August 30, 2019 by nathanalbright

I’ll Be Gone In The Dark:  One Woman’s Obsessive Search For The Golden State Killer, by Michelle McNamara This book is an unsettling one, a book about a series of cold cases and the thus far unsuccessful efforts to solve … Continue reading →

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The Covered Bridges Of Santa Cruz County

Posted on July 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

After last night’s adventures, including the fact that we ended up getting home from the fireworks around 11PM or so after the horrible traffic management in Scotts Valley, I figured today would be a day of more or less resting, … Continue reading →

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Are You, Are You, Coming To The Tree

Posted on July 5, 2019 by nathanalbright

How does one spend the 4th of July in unfamiliar places?  As someone who has frequently tended to visit places on our nation’s birthday, I thought it would be worthwhile to share my experiences today in Scotts Valley.  Since today … Continue reading →

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Exploring Vallejo

Posted on July 4, 2019 by nathanalbright

If Vallejo could be best compared to any of the songs on Train’s California 37 album, it would probably be “50 Ways To Say Goodbye,” because the mariachi-themed brass part of the song would work well with the general population … Continue reading →

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To Badger And Back

Posted on July 3, 2019 by nathanalbright

Today our mission was to see one of our party’s first cousins just outside of the “blink and you’ll miss it” census designated place of Badger, California, not too far outside of Squaw Valley.  We managed to make it there … Continue reading →

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An Exploration Towards Monterrey Bay

Posted on July 2, 2019 by nathanalbright

It took us awhile today to figure out what we wanted to do.  We had a free day, and we were all up and active at reasonable hours of the morning and did not want to waste a day in … Continue reading →

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Exploring Santa Cruz

Posted on June 30, 2019 by nathanalbright

After church this afternoon in San Jose, my traveling party and I thought it would be fun to check out the beach in Santa Cruz and then, eventually, find dinner.  And so we did, although the trip was a lot … Continue reading →

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