Category: The Oro Loma Nomad

On Oct 10, 1986, a brief but violent earthquake occurred in San Salvador. My husband and I and our two sons were living there at the time. The recent horrendous earthquakes that have struck Turkey and Syria took me back to...

On Oct 10, 1986, a brief but violent earthquake occurred in San Salvador. My husband, our two sons and I were living there at the time. The recent horrendous earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria took me back to remembering...

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer, a native of Oro Loma and graduate of Dos Palos High School, told of her Peace Corps assignment to Honduras. She continues today with more of her Honduran adventures. The...

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer, a native of Oro Loma and graduate of Dos Palos High School, told of her Peace Corps assignment to Honduras. She continues today with more of her Honduran adventures....

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer, a native of Oro Loma and graduate of Dos Palos High School, told of her Peace Corps assignment to Honduras, along with her husband Bastiaan, and the outbreak of war between...

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer, a native of Oro Loma and graduate of Dos Palos High School, told of her Peace Corps assignment to Honduras, along with her husband Bastiaan, and the outbreak of war between...

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer, a native of Oro Loma and graduate of Dos Palos High School, told of her decision to join the Peace Corps after college and her arrival in Honduras. It was 1969 and  my...

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer, a native of Oro Loma and graduate of Dos Palos High School, told of her graduation from UC Santa Barbara and her decision to join the Peace Corps. The plane carrying the new...

Editor’s note: In the last Oro Loma Nomad, the writer begins her story of her journey back to her hometown of Oro Loma, after years of being in the foreign service, including a phone call she received from a homeowner there,...

Editor’s Note: The Oro Loma Nomad will be a regular feature in the Westside Express, written by Priscilla Del Bosque, longtime resident of Oro Loma. “Priscilla, I want you to buy my house!” “What?  Oh, Marshall, this is a...