It is seldom a journalist with 40 years experience writing feature stories finds herself at a loss for words to describe a sight seen while…
Posts published by “Katy Tahja”
I love it when a traffic jam of bicycles forms in Black Rock City not for a flaming piano toss by catapults, or a naked…
So I got invited to a public shaming…and being a retired librarian and thinking the family to be shamed disgraceful…I decided to do something I’d…
Getting ready to go to Burning Man gets a little bit easier every year as you come to understand what you do, and don’t, need…
Freely admitting I’m a country bumpkin that doesn’t get to the big city very often a recent trip to Chicago to attend the American Booksellers…
Sometime you can make a discovery of a wonderful getaway - someplace full of visual beauty and fascinating history - a place you could love…
In 1904 California state government provided a framework in law ordering Boards of Supervisors to construct, officer (administer), and maintain hospitals and almshouses to provide for indigent, sick and dependent poor and for such purpose they could levy tax. If the county found the so-called indigent person actually had access to income the county could take that person to court to recover the cost of their care.
People who love riding trains realize in this 21st century the lines are vanishing. If you suspect a spectacular stretch of rail travel is in…
Sometimes the museum where I docent gets a donation that opens my eyes with amazement. The “Family Worksheets” for six months from late 1949 into…
Every year at Burning Man I’m enthralled by the music and art but fascinated by the nuts and bolts of what it takes to keep…
My husband’s idea of a great day trip is anything that involves trains and back roads so we headed over to Maxwell on I-5 to…