By Alane K. Dashner of Lodi, CA rhyme scheme and meter are borrowed from, The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1321) “Our Death now hovers up above!” the mice in terror cry. Dark Prince am I in shining white Their Angel, spread-winged, fixed […]
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By Alane K. Dashner of Lodi, CA A ghostly tale inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1798) Come to the marsh, oh Delta Guest to understand the Crane Binoculars will aid your quest Warm coat for […]
By Alane K. Dashner of Lodi, CA Blue face and white chin with tiny black beak Poke out from a nesting box, launch in a streak Zigzagging acrobat swoops overhead Corkscrewing white-belly long wings outspread Grasshopper, Dragonfly, Spider and Bee: […]
By Alane K. Dashner of Lodi, CA TINY TUXEDO TILTS ON STILTS All year around in the Delta. An elegant black-and-white bird, the Black-Necked Stilt is easily identified by its extraordinarily long reddish legs. Stilts wade in shallow water or walk on mudflats, […]
By Alane K. Dashner of Lodi, CA Long-leg flying, necks in S-es Breeding time makes chic head-dresses Heron? Egret? Try your guesses “I’m Heron too,” Egret confesses All Egrets must be Herons, see? They’re in the Heron family Great Blue Heron’s […]
In 1910 nurse Edith Barbee Buchanan and her doctor-husband established the Buchanan Sanitarium at 408 E Pine Street. After his death in 1943, Edith managed all aspects of the 34-bed hospital for the next 13 years. She served as president of the […]
In 1922 nurse Thirza Browne Cole and her sister Nellie Browne Yates bought the 14-bed Mason Hospital at 209 N School Street. In 1941 they added 11 more beds and an operating room. Like Edith Barbee Buchanan, Thirza mentored other nurses and supported Lodi’s […]
Amy Lawrence Boynton (1897-1973) never married. Instead, she devoted herself to service in her beloved city of Lodi, most notably as head librarian for the Lodi Public Library. Amy Boynton was not the first Lodi librarian, nor the first female librarian […]
In 1910 nurse Edith Barbee Buchanan and her doctor-husband established the Buchanan Sanitarium at 408 E Pine Street. After his death in 1943, Edith managed all aspects of the 34-bed hospital for the next 13 years. She served as president of the […]
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