November 13th, 2007 at 10:58 pm » Comments (0)

Sometimes I stop in Hanford or Tulare on my way to the Sierra Nevada, and look at my old homes, neighborhoods, and schools, trying not to raise the suspicions of ...more »

February 21st, 2007 at 5:56 pm » Comments (0)

Sinktown folks sometimes drove up to Laton to swim in the River. There was a beach right where Fowler Street crossed the main River channel. One Spring day, Mehrzad waded along ...more »

February 21st, 2007 at 3:53 pm » Comments (0)

After Visalia, Grangeville may have been the first town in the Sink. It was a stage stop between Visalia and Stockton, and a center of industry—one might say, as the ...more »

February 17th, 2007 at 3:53 am » Comments (0)

That morning after the first rain, broad and shallow puddles appeared everywhere, and all the roads were covered with a sheen of wet oil. He collected his lunch sack and stomped ...more »

February 15th, 2007 at 8:44 pm » Comments (0)

When we arrived, the Sink was a hot, arid place, and it only seemed to become more so as Spring burned into Summer. Autumn, though, was a temperate season right ...more »

February 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pm » Comments (0)

The firemen had come to visit before, last year, but that was in another place, so they didn't know that I had a history. We just wanted to see the fire ...more »

February 15th, 2007 at 12:35 am » Comments (0)

There are few pleasures more terrible than the waking of the Tulare Basin on a summer morning. The air has warmth that seems to whisper of the heat of the ...more »