Stories

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=88 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="83" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="75"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="75" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home Page of All the Saints of the City "><U>Home</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="index34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index for All the Saints of the City of "><U>Index</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="news_from_all_the_saints.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events of All the Saints of the"><U>News</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book, All the Saints of the City of the "><U>Book</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exhibitions"><U>Shows</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="artist_author_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ArtistAuthor J Michael Walker, Creator o"><U>Bio</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 152 WIDTH="75"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="152" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="75" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="mailto:jmichael@allthesaints.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:jmichael@allthesaints.com"><U>Contact</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="75"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="75" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="985" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 155 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="45ecf970.jpg" border=0 width="975" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 ><NOBR><div> <B>Seeking the Soul of L.A. on Its Streets</B>:<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#AAAAAA" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" > </FONT>Paintings and Stories by J. Michael Walker</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>"a meditation on L.A.'s past, the ghosts that pass over this land" </B></FONT><B>- Lynell George,</B> in the <B>Los Angeles Times</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 36 WIDTH="977"><div> <B>Stories</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> Read and hear three stories from J Michael Walker's book,  <B>All the Saints of the City of the Angels</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1371 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="822" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="HSIDES" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 426 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="santa_susana_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Susana Pass and Road Story"><U><IMG SRC="4aae4a30.jpg" border=0 width="484" height="419" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="289" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BELOW" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="279"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="51" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="279" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 62 WIDTH="279"><div> <A HREF="santa_susana_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Susana Pass and Road Story"><U>Santa Susana Pass and Road</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 135 WIDTH="279"><div> "Pine forests were giving way to live oak, purple sage and sumac as the first people found their way over these mountains. The basalt, quartzite and shale provided raw materials for their tools; and black bear, bluebirds, lizards and coyotes were here to greet them..."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="279"><bR> <div> <A HREF="santa_susana_pass.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Susana Pass and Road Story"><U>Read more</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 395 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="San Lorenzo Street"><U><IMG SRC="4abe46e0.jpg" border=0 width="484" height="366" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="289" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BELOW" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 62 WIDTH="279"><div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="San Lorenzo Street"><U>San Lorenzo Street </U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 243 WIDTH="279"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Times New Roman" >"</FONT>Before the horsemen of New Spain rode into Santa Monica Canyon, on the western coast of what has become greater Los Angeles, the Tongva would set whalebones into the nearby sand to mark their cemeteries.</div> <bR> <div> Within thirty years both the whalebones and the Tongva were scattered, and Mexican settlers nestled into pockets of the surrounding landscape.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Times New Roman" >"</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="279"><bR> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="San Lorenzo Street"><U>Read more</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 490 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Ynez Street"><U><IMG SRC="4ace4e30.jpg" border=0 width="484" height="483" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="301" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BELOW" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="291"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="291" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Ynez Street"><U>Santa Ynez Street </U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 172 WIDTH="291"><div> "<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Bookman Old Style" >I was standing in the lobby of a drop-in shelter for the mentally ill homeless in the heart of Skid Row. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> She was sitting in one of the grey plastic chairs lining the wall, dressed in a black blouse and beads. Frail and small with delicate features, she had the eyes of a doe.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#262626" FACE="Times New Roman" >"</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="291"><bR> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Santa Ynez Street"><U>Read more</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>All the Saints of the City of the Angels. This website, all images and all text Copyright 2009 by J Michael Walker. All rights reserved</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>