In my previous post about my Mom’s 80th birthday, I promised a part 2 video. I’m embedding it below. It is a tribute both to my family and to my home state. Regular readers know I’m leaving California, so this is part of the farewell. Even if I never return to California (and Matt Welch, to whom I gave my California history book collection, says I will), California bloodlines will always run through my soul. The song is is from Dave Alvin’s latest release, West of the West. Ironically, I bought all the songs on the CD digitally during my first trip to New York.

I’ve also posted all of the photos, and then some, that make up the two videos on Buzznet.

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