DTLA, 1945

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Aerial view of Aerojet General Corp., located in the city of Azusa,

Aerial view of Aerojet General Corp., located in the city of Azusa, with a possible address of 1100 W. Hollyvale Street. View is looking northeast over plant; AT & SF RR tracks run left to right through center. Foothill Boulevard (Historic Route 66) is also visible on upper middle, running parallel to the tracks. The San Gabriel River can be seen running diagonally at upper left, and several "craters" are visible at lower right bottom, middle left, and upper left. Photograph dated November 22, 1955.

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— St. Michael, the Archangel (@aveng_angel) December 19, 2025

Rob Reiner was Hollywood Royalty. This is a horrific, tragic loss.

Rob Reiner was Hollywood Royalty. This is a horrific, tragic loss. He blessed the world with a treasure trove of comedy gold. This is my favorite. Often when I'm putting on my shoes, I think of the 'Sock And A Sock' scene from All In The Family. ~ Rest In Peace 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/lrCblrbCHD

— Kirsten Allison (@KirstenAllison) December 15, 2025

Nora loved Archie Bunker, the character and "All in the Family" series.   

Fishing with Luis

 

This reminds me of the hours I spent fishing with Luis Martinez, Sally's husband.  He'd drive the two of us down to the pier, Huntington, maybe Hermosa, in his red Alfa Romeo convertible.  And we'd fish through the night because supposedly that was the best time to catch fish.  A couple of times, he bought a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken to snack on through the night.  It was fun.  I caught a sand shark one night and that was about it. 

One year, 1983, I went with Luis to visit his former supervisor up in Sacramento.  We drove through the day and got to Sacramento that same evening and essentially found a backlot and slept in the back of his all white Toyota long bed truck.  

This but white. 

The next morning we visited his friend.  From there we drove to Lake Tahoe and to the High Sierras as far as Walker River.  We gambled a little in Tahoe, where I won $300 on the roulette wheel, and that paid for a motel and steak dinners.  One of the luckiest times ever at any casino.  Perhaps because of Luis's graceful presence. 

“Brother Green” by Connie Dover, 2000

I heard this, particularly the opening line, and I thought how sweet with a tragic image that pierces through the more sentimental lyrics about loss and death.  This would indeed make a decent funeral song to play at the end of a funeral mass as folks gather and talk before or on their way out of the church.  Here are the lyrics.

Beautiful song.  Could be the perfect funeral song to play immediately after mass. 

“Brother Green” by Connie Dover, 2000, is an American Civil War folk song which tells the story of the soldiers of Irish descent who served on both sides of the conflict, men who had crossed the Atlantic as comrades and were now fighting as enemies.  Connie Dover, who sings the lyrics, was also responsible for the arrangement of the melody, adapted from the song Barbry Ellen.