Historians undertake to date a building's construction and sometimes they turn to the common brick used in it. Believe it or not we’ve had history…
Posts published by “Katy Tahja”
Did you ever look at a building along the side of the road and think, “Boy, there’s got to be an interesting story there.” That’s…
Putting away research materials now that my new book “An Eclectic History of Mendocino County” is done I got to thinking about how I came…
While people pontificate about what should or shouldn’t happen to PG&E after this recent potential disaster and power shut off, it was a good wake-up…
Pyrotechnics: the art, craft and science of fireworks. Want to see it done incredibly? Go to Burning Man where people LOVE to blow up things.…
I’m sure readers everywhere pick up a book they remember reading a decade ago, are interested enough to read it again, and remain firm in…
“What’s a Limb Cast?” Any geologist or rockhound can tell you. If you bury any or all of a tree in hot volcanic ash the…
While not falling into the “Lost Cause” category, attending a County Planning Commission meeting when you KNOW your side is going to lose, eats up…
In what’s becoming an annual tradition the Kelley House Museum in Mendocino is hosting a book sale of history books Saturday May 25 from 10…