The Fab Four

Yuba City High cheerleader try-outs in 1994...

Cute shorts.... I know Melissa (white) wanted to win a cheerleader slot -- mainly so she could turn in the Honker mascot suit she wore her sophomore year....... and........drum roll....she wins! And so did Heidi.....(in red).

We are the World

I think this was the first of celebrity embracement of world causes. And a good song..

Sooo Sad

Back in 1985, I was teaching a 5th grade class at Johnson Park Elementary... I brought in the music and words to We Are the World. The kids loved it... even though we were tearing it apart for literary value and figurative speech.

Two Famous Men of the 80's

This was back when he was not too weird.... Loved his MUSIC... and his dancing. (Michael's, not Ronnie's)Billie Jean King was my favorite dance routine and You are Not Alone.... with his stunning wife Lisa Marie in it..

SPIKEY

WE love this bird... Christian's bird, SPIKEY... he sings so beautifully and lets me scratch his head and whistles to the walkers/joggers going by out front. They often call back to him. The cat would like to lick him, but he always stays a feather away... just to tease.

Book Club Report Abraham Lincoln, the Prairie Years

Abraham Lincoln’s Own Poetry:

Abraham Lincoln
his hand and pen
he will be good but
God knows when .

Abraham Lincoln is my name
And with my pen I wrote the same
I wrote in both haste and speed
and left it here for fools to read

Whatever Spiteful fools may Say —
Each jealous, ranting yelper —
No woman ever played the whore
Unless she had a man to help her.

Lincoln's last documented verse was written July 19, 1863,

in response to the North's victory in the Battle of Gettysburg:

In eighteen sixty three, with pomp,
and mighty swell,
Me and Jeff's Confederacy, went
forth to sack Phil-del,
The Yankees they got after us, and
give us particular hell,
And we skedaddled back again,
And didn't sack Phil-del.

Lincoln – poems about him:

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead. My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won; Exult, O shores, and ring O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

Anne Rutledge by Edgar Lee Masters

Out of me unworthy and unknown

The vibrations of deathless music:

"With malice toward none, with charity for all."

Out of me the forgiveness of millions toward millions,

And the beneficent face of a nation.

Shining with justice and truth.

I am Anne Rutledge who sleep beneath these weeds,

Beloved in life of Abraham Lincoln,

Wedded to him, not through union,

But through separation.

Bloom forever, O Republic,

From the dust of my bosom!

NANCY HANKS by Stephen and Rosemary Benet

If Nancy Hanks
Came back as a ghost,
Seeking news
Of what she loved most,
She'd ask first
"Where's my son?
What's happened to Abe?
What's he done?"

"Poor little Abe,
Left all alone
Except for Tom,
Who's a rolling stone;
He was only nine
The year I died.
I remember still
How hard he cried."

"Scraping along
In a little shack,
With hardly a shirt
To cover his back,
And a prairie wind
To blow him down,
Or pinching times
If he went to town."

"You wouldn't know
About my son?
Did he grow tall?
Did he have fun?
Did he learn to read?
Did he get to town?
Do you know his name?
Did he get on?"

Julius Silberger wrote another poem, entitled "A Reply to Nancy Hanks"

Yes, Nancy Hanks,
The news we will tell
Of your Abe
Whom you loved so well.
You asked first,
"Where's my son?"
He lives in the heart
Of everyone.

Powder Puff Football 1970

I had so much fun with these girls... That's why reunions are a blast. I'm behind & between 52 and 74

Yum

Love this Pioneer Dessert I made for the bookclub held at my house last week .... unfortunately, delicious as they were, I dumped one of them in the lap of a friend..at least I think she still is..

Kami the Artist

I love Kami's image of herself. Happy, confident, smart, pretty, lipsticky, rougey,

bejeweled, and even her stance....with the arms up in the air tells a lot about how her parents have raised her. And I can tell she's MY GRAND DAUGHTER! Go Kami!

I put her poster in my home office on my wall with my 'important things'... this latest addition has just become the most important of all.

98 Year Old Barn

Red Bluff Daily News Article

Los Molinos Farmer burned fighting $3M blaze By JULIE ZEEB -DN Staff Writer Updated: 06/12/2009 07:04:59 AM PDT LOS MOLINOS Los Molinos walnut and prune farmer Brad Call suffered minor burn injuries after his barn caught fire Wednesday on Highway 99E near Englehorn Road, but was doing fine Thursday, his wife, Larisa, said. Brad Call had been trying to save some of the couple's farming equipment when he caught fire. The flames were quickly extinguished using a hose, Larisa Call said. Brad Call was able to drive one forklift and a bin carrier out, but several large tractors and everything else in the barn was lost. It's going to be hard to get equipment and get it going again, Larisa Call said. The estimated loss was about $3 million, with $500,000 worth saved, said CalFire Capt. Dan Todd. Among other things saved was a baby fox the firemen rescued. It had apparently been living in the barn, Larisa Call said. The cause of the fire, which was burning vigorously when firefighters arrived, was a cutting torch, Todd said. Five engines, three water tenders and air support helped get the fire contained by 5:34 p.m. and the last crew left the scene at 7 a.m. Thursday having spent the night to make sure flames didn't start back up, Todd said. Tehama County Fire Department was on hand with volunteers from Los Molinos, El Camino and Antelope. PG&E was called in to deal with downed power lines. The fire didn't spread to any nearby vegetation. It was kept from reaching large fuel tanks on the property, for which Larisa Call said she was thankful.

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Nan Schmalz

I understand that there are extraordinary Good Samaritans living in Los Molinos. After the tragic destruction of the Call barn, friends, neighbors and church members have combined to offer their harvesting equipment and tractors and about anything else that is needed. Even a distant high school friend called with similar support. What a blessing it must be to be surrounded by such excellent, caring people!

Anne House I am sad to hear of the fire that destroyed this 98 year-old barn on the Sycamore Ranch, just south of Los Molinos. I recently spent time photographing this very barn ... a huge, beautiful historic structure, built in 1911. Sorry to hear that Brad was injured trying to save equipment, but relieved that he, and the fox, will recover.

The Barn.. hours before...

The Barn

I just got back from a great trip...staying with my dad in California for a week, with my cousins (we're all teachers and flew out just after our last week of school). We had a wonderful time! The last day (June 10th) Brad gave us a great tour of the 200 acre ranch, some 28,000 trees, and the barn. This is barn is so big and impressive.....I took lots of pictures. It houses the tractors, harvesting equipment, and everything else a farmer uses. The dehydrators are there, along with bales of hay, tall stacks of pallets for the prunes, a swing from the rafters, an antique piano, a truck, tons of food storage and assorted wildlife that made it their home, too---squirrels, owls, bats, foxes. After the tour we left for the airport around noon.......by four in the afternoon the barn had burn to the ground... This barn was 98 years old.... I am SO SAD! Here are some pictures of the barn hours before it was lost.

Fine Fellows

Here's my husband with my cousin, Jeff ...ironically they're bishops in the same chapel. Bishop House --- Shadow Mountain Ward which meets at 1:00 pm, and Bishop Call --- Shadow Valley Ward which meets at 9:00 pm. There is another bishop whose ward meets at 11:00 but who cares, he's not related.

Jay's Family

Aunt Elaine's Funeral

Uncle Jay has a great family..Laurel, Nathan, Larry, and Jeff
Uncle Jay (Dr. Call) was a veterinarian at Utah State most his career. Everyone thinks he's the most wonderful man..

This is Aunt Elaine in a photograph. She was a great mother, and very stylish and talented.

Abraham Lincoln..June Book club

Here’s the cover on my grandmother’s book. She LOVED this book.

Hello Shadow Mountain Ward Readers,
This is your friendly mid-month reminder that the book this month is Abraham Lincoln, the Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg. I have a few copies if you want (they’re on a stand by my door right now …. leave your name) This was the only biography on the list…and what a book! I’ve read it several times in years’ past, but I am reading it again and VERY MUCH enjoying it. Carl Sandburg is known as the world’s authority on Lincoln… it is written in a style that is down-home with easy stories and facts.

Basket ball Pics

Christian and his Cousin Nate