During Christmas week, I was visiting my USA family, the Polkinhorns, in El Centro, California, just north of the border to Mexico. El Centro is situated in the Imperial Valley, one of the agricultural centers of California. It is also … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Great blog post! “Dear Ma and Pa,I am well. I hope you are too.Tell Walt and Elmer that the U.S. Army beats working for old man Doggett by a mile. They oughta join up quick before all of the places are … Continue reading →
From San Diego, we took a trip inland on Hwy 8 to El Centro in the Imperial Valley and the Anza Borrego desert. For visitors from mountainous Switzerland, the desert has a special fascination. El Centro is also the place … Continue reading →
After our trip north, we drove back to Los Angeles, relaxed a few days in Santa Monica, and then went onward to San Diego and the surrounding areas. We stayed in Pacific Beach in a motel right next to the … Continue reading →
From San Francisco, we drove south to the wine country of Paso Robles, which also happens to be the area where some of my novels in my The Wine Lover’s Daughter series take place and where I did quite a … Continue reading →
The next part of our trip was a visit to San Francisco and then a drive south to the Paso Robles wine country. For my nephew, Rico, and great-nephew, Muriel, this was the first time they experienced the famous Golden … Continue reading →
I’ve had two intense, exciting, and joyful weeks with my relatives from Switzerland who visited California. They were my nephew, Rico, my niece, Claudia, and her husband Alberto as well as their two children, Risayra and Muriel. For three of … Continue reading →
Michel Simonet, a citizen of the town of Fribourg in the French part of Switzerland, went to college, studied theology … and became a street sweeper–yes a street sweeper or street cleaner–in his hometown. Today, he is the most famous … Continue reading →
Rosmarie Spiegel-Umiker, October 19, 1929 – April 15, 1997 In Memoriam Back then, we tried once again to cram a year’s worth of feelings into one week, letting our thoughts float in the vast stillness. Before us mountain peaks drained … Continue reading →
