“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.†~Dietrich Bonhoeffer This is my second or third picture at the city limits of Westley, CA. I see this train every morning, and wave and flash my lights at the guy. Sometimes he sees me and blows…
Category: Trains
On cloudy days, the road goes nowhere forever
“RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.†~ Ambrose Bierce I sure hope the cloudy…
The wisdom of signs
“The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.” ~ John Philpot Curran At the intersection where the Welcome to Westley sign sits is an interesting sign of aphorisms. Not sure…
It’s almond blossom season
“I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.†~ Wendell Berry This time of year is probably the most beautiful in the Central Valley – many…
What’s in a name?
“Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on?” ~ Jim Morrison This past weekend, I went to a birthday party in Kennedy Park in Hayward, California. It’s quite a nice little place, with a miniature train that you can ride around the perimiter of the park, a huge…
Water towers
“You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble†~ John F. Kennedy On my drive in through the country, there are tons of interesting old structures, including water towers. Many people may not know,…