Life in Lodi

An Independence Day Reflection: “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe…”

July 4, 2008

I have an ongoing love-hate relationship with “the little village of Lodi,” as Paul Zimmerman referred to it regularly when writing about local events in the Lodi News-Sentinel while I was growing up here in the 1960’s and ’70’s. Last night was our annual “Celebrate America” event at Hutchins Street Square. You couldn’t ask for a […]

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Life in Lodi: The Village Has a Real, Live Hero

May 13, 2008

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a “hero” is a “person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.” There is a genuine hero residing right here in the little village of Lodi. Sam Huffman is just 20 years old, but fellow Lodian and […]

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Life in Lodi: The Pickle Makes Small Town News

April 3, 2008

Remember Lodi’s dancing pickle featured on Wordless Wednesday on February 26, 2008? A couple of weeks ago, this blurb appeared in the Lodi News-Sentinel’s Cop Log: A pickle — the dancing human kind who works for Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop — was blocking traffic. An officer arrived and advised the pickle. On Tuesday evening, as part of […]

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Happy Birthday to Livable, Lovable Lodi

August 27, 2006

There were big doings in the little village known as “Livable, Lovable Lodi” this past weekend. The city celebrated its 100th birthday and there were lots of activities commemorating that milestone. I participated in three of them: The Lodi Community Band performed at the kick-off ceremony at the historic Lodi Train Depot on Saturday morning […]

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