Yeah, I’ve seen the bridge — the Colorado Street Bridge and a jam session that changed me

How an obscure song from the Hammer-of-the-Gods band grew…


The Man In The Light

Medium The baseball cracked off the bat, vanishing into the…


I’ve waited long enough: the story of the Man in the Light

The baseball cracked off the bat, vanishing into the…


Lucretia Garfield: South Pasadena’s Lady in Perpetual Mourning

By the time she settled into her South Pasadena dream…


Ghosts of the Colorado Street Bridge: real or really ludicrous?

Since it's Halloween, and the witching hour is nearly upon…


The Colorado Street Bridge speaks, or rather initial critical reaction to my novel about her

"A riveting and enjoyable look at how local myths are…


South Pasadena Cawston Ostrich Farm, where strange birds made sawbucks

Watch this slick, little documentary about the ostrich farm…


Tribute to a boyhood beagle with uncanny radar. How-rooooo!

People always ask me: why did you need to stick a dog into…


Where have you gone, J.A.L. Waddell, the genius behind the Colorado Street Bridge?

Before Pasadena City Hall contracted him to design the…