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Tag Archives: California
The Big Sleep
I don’t remember the exact moment when I started getting headaches. My muscles started getting sore for no apparent reason. Again, for no apparent reason I was getting nauseous. I started getting fever. And then I don’t remember the rest. … Continue reading
The Graduate by Joseph and Carlos Najera
I made it. I graduated from Oxnard High, Class of 1927. It was a proud moment for my mama. She couldn’t stop crying. I didn’t think it was such a big deal, but looking back, the teachers thought I was … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, Education, hate, Oxnard
Tagged California, family, Public Education, School
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It Is Good by Carlos Najera
The Lord once made the Earth and likewise made the Sky. And when He looked upon his work, and saw what He had done, He saw that it was good. (Klaus Australis) I was nine years old in 1917 and … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, California History, Education, growing old, Oxnard
Tagged California, family, Public Education, School
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Free Food and The Cold Walk by Carlos Najera
Our old house was on C Street near Magnolia. I am not sure that it actually qualified as a house. A better word would be to call it a shack. It had a frame with 1 x 12 planks for … Continue reading
The Serenade by Carlos Najera
One late afternoon Willie Vasquez, John’s brother in law, dropped by to visit us. He was one of the few people in town who owned an automobile, he had an Overland and he was very proud of it. John, among … Continue reading
The Land of Calafia by Joseph Najera
September 28, 1542, was the day Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo entered San Diego Bay. On that day they became the first Europeans to set foot on the California shores. It was not until 1769 that the Spanish decided to settle there … Continue reading
The VCR by Carlos Najera
We had two railroads running through our County. The Southern Pacific passed through our town coming from Los Angeles on its way to San Francisco and back. It had a whistle and a Bell and a cow catcher in front. … Continue reading
The First Families by Carlos Najera
It wasn’t the same as before, living so close to the Pacific Ocean. It never got hot here. Even warm summer days were never as hot as Ciudad Juarez or the Imperial Valley. Those warm summer days led to completely … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Oxnard, Uncategorized
Tagged California, New Mexico
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Pride and Prejudice by Carlos Najera
We moved into a town in the early 1900’s where the people, the adults and kids my age had a bad word for anyone who was not them. There was a bad word for every one in the melting … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, California History, hate, Oxnard
Tagged California, family, Oxnard
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The Living Waters by Carlos Najera
I don’t know what set off this memory, but I started remembering stories I heard about the Cucapah and the Yuma people. They were the people that lived here in the Imperial Valley and along the Colorado River before the Europeans … Continue reading
