Category: Growing up in Pasadena – The Book

I have an Aunt?

During the summer months my family spent a lot of time in Redondo Beach and, when it became too crowded and “the place to be,” Huntington Beach. My grandfather liked to spend the winters there, so he would find a small place,…

Blackie the Neighborhood Dog

Blackie was a female dog owned by the Johnsons, our next door neighbors in Pasadena, Well, at least that is what they believed. She was a cross between a breed with long black hair and one with short legs, and,…