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SOU Women’s Basketball
Autumn Durand
Last night the Southern Oregon University Women’s Basketball Team bumped their record in Ashland to 7-0 with a win over Northwest Christian. Tonight (5:30 in Riehm Arena) they go for 8-0 against Corban University.
woodpecker
This bird (a Northern Red-shafted Flicker) has been waking us up recently with pecking (sounds more like drilling) on the side of our house.
SOU Men’s Basketball
Tim Weber
Nearly a month ago the Southern Oregon University basketball teams played in Ashland. Today they return to action in Cascade Collegiate Conference games against Northwest Christian University at the Bob Riehm Arena. The women play at 5:30, and the men follow at 7:30 p.m.
The men’s game will be on TV (KDRV Newswatch 12). The winner will be in first place in the Cascade Conference.
Santa Barbara County Courthouse during Christmas blue hour
Last week I posted a photo from the clock tower of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. Today’s photo is of the courthouse and the clock tower that prior picture came from.
The first night we pulled into Santa Barbara we were all rather stunned driving past this building which looked spectacular at night. During the day it still looked pretty cool, but at night is when it really dazzles. Every night I meant to walk down the street (we were staying near Santa Barbara High School) to get this shot, but it wasn’t until our final night–Christmas evening–that I actually made it happen.
Today’s photo comes from our trip to Santa Barbara last week. This is the beach right next to UCSB, and this dad was taking his kids out surfing. With the challenges of moving waves, and the hopes of the young, I thought it made a good photo for the first day of a new year.
Jimi’s Image – Tribute to Hendrix @ Club 66
A few nights ago Club 66 had a couple of cover or tribute bands on the bill. I didn’t know if I’d make it back from California in time to attend, but I did so I headed over to Club 66 @ 9 p.m., the supposed start time.
One of my pet peeves with the live music scene in Southern Oregon is that shows rarely start on time. If it was just five or ten minutes, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but frequently the first band won’t go on until more than an hour after the advertised start time. I have never encountered this elsewhere in the hundreds of shows I have been to in other states and countries. The shows I’ve been to in Eugene and Portland have all started on time so it seems to be an isolated issue in Southern Oregon. I no longer go to shows at Johnny B’s for this reason. Too many times I showed up at the scheduled 9 p.m. only to have to wait an hour or two for the first band to begin. A couple times I left rather than wait. Now I don’t bother going at all.
Anyway, everything appeared to be set up and ready to go for Jimi and/or Janis (Joplin impersonator Pearl Moon) at 9 p.m., but neither took the stage. At 10 p.m. the guy I was talking with had done enough waiting and he split. At 10:20 Jimi finally hit the stage, but I had to leave at 10:30. I would have come back to see the end after running my brief errand at 10:30 had they not jerked the audience around by starting nearly an hour and a half late. Instead I left for good. Too bad as it may have ended up being a good show. I’ll never know.
Oregon Marching Band
Tonight (or this afternoon depending on where you live) the Ducks and Longhorns will be locking horns (or webbed feet or something) in a consolation prize for Oregon. It’s not what the Ducks were hoping for, but the season won’t be a complete loss with a bowl victory.
I’m not committed on an NCAA Division I college team to root for at this point, but Ryan has been accepted to the University of Oregon so I may end up becoming a Duck fan beginning next school year.
SOU Wrestling
Brock Gutches takes down Simpson’s Brady Beamon
The SOU Wrestling Team won’t be wrestling in Ashland again until January 16. Over the next two days, some members of the team will be competing in the Midlands Championship in Evanston, Illinois.
Surfing in the sea near Carmel-by-the-Sea
Today’s photo is from our drive back to Oregon from our Christmas in Santa Barbara. We headed up California State Route 1 (AKA Highway 1 or Coast Highway) and stopped off for a beautiful sunset in Carmel. Just before that sunset, today’s photo happened.
Feliz Navidad from the friars of Old Mission Santa Barbara