Ever thought much about that phrase “Indian Giver?” Me neither. “Indian Giver” was a fairly common school yard insult or taunt when I was in grade school. Maybe it’s close to being forgotten by now, and some of my younger readers may be seeing it for the first time. After my last column about Susan […]
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The Loose Cannon – Susan the Apache, Part 1
I’ve been writing the Loose Cannon column for almost two years now. Many of you have already read some of my past columns. My hunch is that my most read and enjoyed columns were and are those about Yountville’s nefarious past. For the coming weeks, I had planned to republish those columns. They were definitely […]
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The Loose Cannon – 1942: The Bracero Program
It’s harvest time in the valley. Ever wonder how agricultural crops got harvested during World War II with so many men from farm families serving in the military? My dad and three of his brothers were the oldest of the six boys in their farming family. Less than 35 years after my grandparents left Spain, […]