Archives for May 2025

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Trippin’ in the Sierra

Written by Dennis Hart, May 21, 2025

It was a gorgeous late-spring morning this past Monday when I drove into the Sierra to join fellow members of the North Fork History Group on another one of our field trips. This time, our destination was John Blossom’s 50-plus acre mountain spread a few miles above North Fork.  John and his wife bought the…

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Kopi & I, Walkin’ the ‘Hood

Written by Dennis Hart, May 3, 2025

My lifelong buddy Kopi and I strolled back into history on Saturday. Our history. We grew up on Arthur Avenue in Fresno.  Our houses were less than a block apart. Kopi is two years older, so he was two grades ahead at Fremont Elementary, Hamilton Jr. High and Fresno High. We used to play all…

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