Three Small Towns

Me in Cooperstown, NY. In central state New York is a picturesque small town by the name of Cooperstown.  The hamlet sits along side the bea...

Pollock Pines

Once it was decided that Pollock Pines needed to establish a post office, it was time to give the place a name and the winning idea that was...

Olde Coloma Theatre

Another stalwart organization of El Dorado County is the Olde Coloma Theatre located in Coloma, where gold was discovered in 1848.  That th...

Super Bowl Sunday, or The Limbo of Main Street

The oak trees were naked, but the air was still and it wasn’t particularly cold.  Long before this day the brown leaves had fallen, though t...

Snow Days

Thinking of snow in Placerville brings back memories of that rare joy when you wake up on a school morning, open the window and see the yard...

School Days in Placerville

After preschool in the log cabin located in the City Park and shared with the Boy Scouts and the Parks and Recreation Department, it is on t...

The Last Straw

One of the great long running shops along Main Street Placerville from 1978 to 2001 was Val Sullivan’s “The Last Straw.”  Tom and Val Sulliv...