The Prince of Point Loma
Margaret Melloy Guziak Frankie Laine earned the title “The Prince of Point Loma.” Point Loma is a historic, hilly, upscale neighborhood that’s a vital part of greater San Diego, California. Point Loma, visited by thousands of tourists who come to see the “Cabrillo National Monument,” is noted as “the place where California began.” He and [...]
Monument musings
Margeret Melloy Guziak Ask your children tonight if they know who John Otto is. They should know his story, and that he was an early promoter of the area, a trail builder and the first custodian of Colorado National Monument. If they answer, “no,” you definitely need to take them up to the Visitors Center [...]
Lucy, you got some ‘splainin’ to do
By Margaret Melloy Guziak - There are many reasons most women loved Lucille Ball and the “I Love Lucy Show.” Her TV character, Lucy, or as her Cuban husband, Ricky Ricardo, called her “Loooosie,” was beautiful, smart, conniving, and sometimes did the unexpected, with or without the help of her close TV friend, Ethel Mertz. [...]
The Broncos have 9 lives, too
I don’t usually get excited about Monday Night Football even though my caregiver Lee tunes in, but tonight our Broncos are playing. To make it even more special, they are playing Tim’s team, the Chargers. Tim lived in San Diego at one time before coming to the Fruita Times and still follows them. Knowing this, [...]
Welcome back to ‘Colorful Colorado’
California is great, but there’s nothing like home sweet home By Margaret Melloy Guziak - We returned home from five days in San Diego where I got my “California fix,” so I am good for another year. By that I mean that of all the cities in California (and I confess I haven’t been to them [...]
My View From The Bleachers RING-A-DING-DING, Can You Hear Me Now?
By Margaret Melloy Guziak The word “telephone” comes from the Greek. It means “far sound” and the phone, as we know it, has evolved from the original phone to the cell phones of today, with lots of stages in between. As every school child knows, it was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.