Category: California

Flickering Lights and Holiday Horrors (or I would have rather have been wrapping presents and writing a Christmas story but I had to do something more important.)
California, Christmas, Holidays, Horror, Vampire Hunters, Vampires

Flickering Lights and Holiday Horrors (or I would have rather have been wrapping presents and writing a Christmas story but I had to do something more important.)

Sometimes life takes on some wonderful and unexpected turns that make every day seem like Christmas.  This story isn’t about … Continue reading Flickering Lights and Holiday Horrors (or I would have rather have been wrapping presents and writing a Christmas story but I had to do something more important.)

Early California Mystery Man: A lovely Daguerreotype, and perhaps a story is there somewhere.
19th Century Photography, American History, California, California Gold Rush, California History, California Stories, Daguerreotype, History, Photography, Victorian photography, Western Photography

Early California Mystery Man: A lovely Daguerreotype, and perhaps a story is there somewhere.

My husband brought this daguerreotype home a few days ago. We believe he was from California, maybe even the Sacramento … Continue reading Early California Mystery Man: A lovely Daguerreotype, and perhaps a story is there somewhere.