Guest Blogger

It’s September, and I am here to write. The plan was to write about the shadows of Downieville, its history of Italian and Irish immigrants seeking a better life, fortune, gold. Of an 1850s town that once boasted over 5,000 residents, 15 hotels and gambling houses, four bakeries, and four butcher shops. Today, it’s home to barely 200.

Downieville, CA (if you don’t know it, you should!)