Thursday, April 16, 2026

"You don't know how much I'd give / Or how much I can take / Just to reach you" --Melissa Etheridge, 1993.



I would dial the numbers

Just to listen to your breath
I would stand inside my hell
And hold the hand of death
You don't know how far I'd go
To ease this precious ache
You don't know how much I'd give
Or how much I can take
Just to reach you

Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Come to my window

Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon
Keeping my eyes open

I cannot afford to sleep
Giving away promises
I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness
That has seeped into my chest
I need you in my blood
I am forsaking all the rest
Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you
Come to my window

Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon
I don't care what they think

I don't care what they say
What do they know about this
love anyway
Come to my window

Crawl inside, wait by the light
of the moon
Come to my window
I'll be home soon

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/melissa_etheridge/come_to_my_window

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

1937 film “Heidi”, starring Shirley Temple, all the alpine scenes were filmed around Big Bear and Sky Forest, Lake Arrowhead.

 

Bruce Dunseth explains that "In the 1937 film “Heidi”, starring Shirley Temple, all the alpine scenes were filmed around Big Bear and Sky Forest, Lake Arrowhead."

Monday, April 13, 2026

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Knott's Berry Farm Restaurant, Buena Park

 

from the looks of the women's hairdo and the men's ties, I'd say this is 1967 or 1968.  Thanks to Jeff Tucker for the pic.  Another picture from about 1985.

Dad absolutely loved the chicken dinners at Knott's Berry Farm.  I know for a fact that he used to go here with Marilyn and her friends a few times.  I went at least once with Dad.  One reason he loved it was because they served rhubarb cobbler on the side.  Talk about your old-fashioned treat!  He loved rhubarb.  I don't know what his earliest experience with it was, but he loved rhubarb.  


I did go on a date here with Joanne and her sister, Jen, chaperoned.  Joanne liked the place a lot because she and her family used to attend here along with her boyfriend, Dennis, from Calvary Chapel. 
 
There are other names for tart or crumble: Other names for fruit desserts include cobbler, crisp, buckle, betty, grunt, slump, and pandowdy. Each of these desserts has its own unique preparation and topping style.

ABBY STEINER top-end speed and mechanics at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

This is a clip from the women's 100m sprint final at the 2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

It shows University of Kentucky sprinter Abby Steiner (in the blue-and-white uniform) on one of the legs—famously surging from behind with explosive late acceleration to nearly overtake the field, which is why the viral caption calls her “the cheetah’s daughter.”

Exact date of the race: Saturday, June 11, 2022 (women’s 100m final at ~2:32 p.m. local time in Eugene, Oregon).

Kentucky took 2nd overall in that final (Texas won), but Steiner’s race went massively viral for her top-end speed and mechanics. The clip is from her standout college season where she also set the NCAA 200m record earlier that same weekend. 

As a champion, she's had other victories.