Valley Notebook

We’ve decided to work around the technical issues of putting up a “real” website, and start housing content on a wiki: ValleyNotebook.pbwiki.com. Our idea is to create a website that houses original content and annotated links about and around the central San Joaquin Valley. I found a few today and will be adding some over the next few weeks.

• Fresno Coalition for Art, Science and History
• Discover the site for a Fresno Bee special publication that led me to a long list of notable Central Valley natives–my favorite was the link to Famous people with Valley ties: Barbara Morgan, a NASA teacher/astronaut
• attended Hoover High!

The best way to describe our project is a site dedicated to sharing the serendipity of the San Joaquin Valley. That may not make sense at first, but if you have ever had moment where you thought: “I didn’t know that about Fresno (Clovis/Kerman/Dinuba/Unincorporatedville)” then you know where we’re heading. We’re not the first to do this, nor the last. But we think it will be fun and shamelessly educational.

We’re a couple of Valley natives living in Philadelphia. The dreary winter and drawn out spring has us dreaming about home. To help appease thelonging, here’s a list of what I miss the most.

1. Sunshine

2. The option of wearing socks or jackets.

3. View of my upper arms.

4. Taquerias

5. In-person family visits in 30 minutes or less.

Have you ever left home to much fanfare and realized you missed the Valley too? What was it that you missed?