Author Archives: June Morrall

From the “Half Moon Bay Review,” August 1966 “Three crewmen aboard a navy trainer were saved by helicopters Friday after ditching their flaming plane in the ocean off Pebble Beach. “Witnesses, seeing the plane skim along the water and then … Continue reading →

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From: Coastside Cultural Resources of San Mateo County (Photo of Saint Anthony’s by John Vonderlin) “The village of Pescadero is one of the most historic areas in the County and has the most distinctive character of any community on the … Continue reading →

Hi June, I ran into this while websearching. Not sure if it’s true, a trial balloon, or Hollywood wishful thinking. Variety.com – Van Sant in the ‘Kool-Aid’ mix: “Nearly 40 years after its original publication, Tom Wolfe‘s hallucinogenic tome “The … Continue reading →

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In the end, Loren Coburn, with the help of his attorney-partner, Jeremiah Clark, acquired both the Butano and Ano Nuevo ranchos. How the land was paid for became the source of many stories, none of them nice.

Hi June, Here is one of my favorite Beach art works. Its remains are still visible at the stairway leading down from the Pescadero Beach parking lot, across the road from where Pescadero Road ends at Highway 1. I’ve attached … Continue reading →

(At right: Image of “The Curious Guide…” by Molly Ramolla***, 1982.) Long ago, a friend gave me a Xeroxed article about Pescadero artist Molly Ramolla and her technique for making “almost” papyrus. I think it came from Sunset magazine but … Continue reading →

Hi June, This is my favorite epitaph in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Pescadero. I’d love to know something about this man. Was he a mystic? A humanist? Or like me a believer in the Oneness of AlI, where the … Continue reading →