With the upcoming musical about Petaluma, with a number devoted to remembering Bill Soberanes, on the radar screen; I was motivated to search through the BS files in my garage ... and guess what I discovered? The rough draft of "A Character Analysis of William Caulfield Soberanes through Numerology" by [...]
Fortunately, these two adventurous human beings had the opportunity to meet and talk face-to-face, years after Fred's historic flight, but before Fred died on October 14, 1961, at the age of 85. It's now the next day after posting the thoughts expressed in Part I and I wanted to [...]
For some reason, the ideas for my various blogs pop into my mind when I wake up in the "wee" hours of the morning; somewhere between 2-3 a.m. Other times it might be 6:30 or 7:30 a.m., when I wake up a second time. This morning, my "memory chip" was [...]
In his July 15, 1997 column titled, :"Wiseman history found," Bill Soberanes wrote, I've been searching for the plaque and time capsule that was put into a monument in memory of Fred J. Wiseman's historic airmail flight.... a number of years ago the monument, which was at the Petaluma Fairgrounds, [...]
One of the reasons why many Petalumans are so knowledgeable about Fred Wiseman's first airmail flight in 1911, and dedicated to seeing that its Centennial Anniversary is properly acknowledged is due to the various columns written by Bill Soberanes over the years. Today's blog will remember Bill Soberanes' promotional efforts [...]
About 3:00 a.m., today, Hammerhead pounded on the bedroom door of The Trio yelling, "How could we forget?" "Forget what?," they replied. Eagle-Eyes looked at his calendar of historic dates and discovered that 22 years ago, October 7th was named Bill Soberanes Day and a testimonial dinner was attended by [...]
Prior to the creation of the Argus-Courier’s electronic Petaluma360, an earlier website called Petaluma Online also featured a series of blogs titled, “Remembering Bill Soberanes.” Eagle-Eyes spotted the following blog from 2006 that is related to our recent Who’s On First? blog. The Trio asks, “Why reinvent the wheel when [...]
The Sage of Petaluma II has been reflecting upon what some people refer to as our “sense of community” or “community spirit.” Just last week, fellow blogger Frank Simpson, wrote about the first block party sponsored by his neighborhood. This highly successful event brought neighbors together and provided them with [...]
Yesterday, the Petaluma Farmers Market and the Petaluma Neighborhood Association sponsored the 6th Bill Soberanes Memorial Whiskerino Contest in Walnut Park. (Take a look at today's Petaluma 360 video.)It was a great event with over 35 entries. Many long-time Petalumans remember that a Whiskerino Contest was one of Petaluma's Centennial [...]
My faulty "memory chip" failed again. In this case, I forgot all about June 2, the day Bill Soberanes died in 2003. I guess I could blame it on "Eagle-Eyes" who didn't mark it on my electronic calendar.It's been some time since I posted a Remembering B.S. blog, so I [...]