Monday-Thursday, February 20-March 2, 2023
The past 11 days have seen lots of inclement weather throughout all of Southern California.
See what I mean?
This photo of of San Gabriel Mountains
overlooking the greater Altadena/Pasadena
megalopolis was shared by longtime blog fan
Michael D'Antuono
Although it did not snow in Camarillo, we did have some hail, at times, to accompany our torrential downpours.
Granddaughter Mary peering out of one
of the Camarillo Public Library's windows
The library offered us a good refuge from that day's rain.
Laurie and I watched an excellent PBS documentary called "Can We All Get Along: The Segregation of John Muir High School" that detailed the long range, negative effects that the 1970s forced desegregation busing laws had on this high school in Pasadena that sits only a couple of miles down the 210 Freeway from my alma mater, St. Francis H.S.
Inspired by this documentary, I stopped off at John Muir H.S. on the way home from visiting my Mother in her Pasadena skilled nursing facility.
My Mother continues to have both good and bad days as she perseveres with surprising strength for a 98 year old.
There was a baseball game in progress
Eagle Rock H.S. Eagles (1-1)
at John Muir H.S. Mustangs (1-1)
I stayed for just one inning
That 42 above the scoreboard is
for John Muir's most famous alumni
Jackie Robinson
Our European readers may not be aware that Jackie Robinson wore the number 42 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers when he was the first Black player to integrate major league baseball in 1947.
It was not an easy road for him to say the least.
The Muir pow-wow on the mound
worked as the Mustangs won 10-0
in a Mercy Rule shortened game
On the morning that I drove Laurie
to her dental appointment, I got to spend
an hour at the local Barnes and Noble
As our friends in Sweden would say, it was "Fika Time" as far as I was concerned at the book store's Starbuck's.
A rainy morning, lots of books, coffee and a pastry meant that life was good!
News from the Camarillo Youth Basketball Association . . .
With the regular Grade 5 season over, the CYBA added a one game pre-playoff game to get teams ready for the post-season's double elimination tournament which starts this weekend.
CYBA GRADE 5
FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS
Bruins 6-1
Trojans 6-1
Wildcats 4-3
Buckeyes 4-3
Tigers 4-3
Deacons 2-5
Blue Devils 1-6
Orange 1-6
In Saturday's game Jacob's 4-3 Wildcats played the also 4-3 Tigers, a team that beat them by a single point in their regular season match-up via a buzzer beater.
I opted not to take photos this week so that I could simply concentrate more on watching the two clubs play.
The First Quarter found both teams in trouble trying to score points, after one period it was Tiger 2 - Wildcats 0.
The tough sledding continued in the Second Quarter. At the Half it was Tigers 6 - Wildcats 2.
Whatever the Wildcats' coach said at halftime seemed to work immediately. The score after three periods of play was now Wildcats 10 - Tigers 8.
FOURTH QUARTER!
The Wildcats intense one day-a-week conditioning program paid off in spades. The final score was Wildcats 20 - Tigers 18.
The #3 seeded Wildcats (5-3) will play the #6 seeded Deacons (2-6) on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. this Friday in a first round Grade 5 playoff game. StubHub still has tickets available for this titanic match-up.
Go Wildcats GO!
News from EuroBall . . .
The new European League of Football's
Paris team changed their name from
Saints to Musketeers
A good move in my opinion.
The Italian DI season starts
this weekend in Varese
The 2022 DI Champion Firenze Guelfi will travel to play the 2022 DII Champion Varese Skorpions.
Should be interesting.
For more information on the 2023 Italian Football League season click here:
Reading Is FUNdamental!
The third book of author Winspear's
detective Maisie Dobbs books that I've read
Excellent yet again.
New Orleans, Ghosts and
Cold Case Murders
What was not to like about this book?
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