Navigating the pool, while avoiding any unnecessary contact with the water – 1966 Read the rest of this entry »
Flashback! The Pfeiffer Park Pool
April 2, 2011
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Remembering the 1983 Big Sur Slides
March 23, 2011
“Hell, that’s not a slide … let Ed the mailman fix it.” Walt Trotter at the controls, 1971 (Photo by Sterling Doughty) Read the rest of this entry »
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Flashback! Spring Equinox Celebration at Limekiln Creek 1968
March 19, 2011
Spring Equinox Celebration at Limekiln Creek. March 20, 1968
Photo by Jeff Norman
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Eleven Years at Alta Vista: Jeff Norman’s Journals
February 25, 2011
On January 1, 1980, Jeff Norman, then 29, moved into the Overstrom homestead, Alta Vista, in Big Sur. Overlooking the ocean from a 2,700-foot-high perch on Michael Ridge, and accessible only by trail, Alta Vista was an ideal location for observing and experiencing the beauty and power of the natural world. Jeff lived at Alta Vista until his death, at age 56, on October 31 2007. All structures associated with Alta Vista were burned to the ground eight months later in the Basin Complex Fire. Read the rest of this entry »
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Carmel Valley Gothic: The Spirits of El Peñon
November 23, 2010As photographed by Jeff Norman, February 15,1970
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From the Vault: Zandy’s Bride at Molera
September 3, 2010A good deal of the 1974 film Zandy’s Bride – based on the book The Stranger in Big Sur, by Lillian Bos Ross, and starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullman – was filmed at Molera State Park, on a set constructed on the coastal terrace near the mouth of the Big Sur River.
Here are some photos we came across while cleaning out a closet yesterday … Read the rest of this entry »
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More Alta Vista Memories
December 2, 2009
Last week’s post, Remembering Alta Vista, has generated so much interest, as well as some wonderful photos from Judith Goodman and Mark P., that we’ve been inspired to dig even deeper into our own dusty boxes of photos.
So here they are – a whole new batch of Alta Vista memories … Read the rest of this entry »
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Remembering Alta Vista: An Historic Big Sur Homestead Lost in the Basin Complex Fire
November 24, 2009
Alta Vista in 2005
While we realize that nothing is forever and that acceptance of impermanence and change is the first step on the road to happiness and enlightenment, we still haven’t been able to shake a strong sense of loss over the enormous amount of Big Sur history wiped out by the Basin Complex Fire. Read the rest of this entry »
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Basin Complex Fire Revisited: Part 1 (6/21/08 – 6/26/08)
June 19, 2009Saturday, June 21, 2008; one year ago today
A warm, sunny and unusually humid day. Read the rest of this entry »
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2002 Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp Steelhead Massacre Back in the News
February 1, 2009
A large steelhead summers over in the Little Sur River downstream of the Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp. Dozens of endangered fish like this one were killed in 2002 (and quite probably in other years as well) by camp operators who apparently felt that getting their lake filled quickly was more important than keeping the fish alive. Read the rest of this entry »
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Xasáuan Today 