Bill Ellzey: Thinking about mothers and Mother s Day
Bill Ellzey
It s Mother s Day, and across the nation, families are driving home to visit with their mothers, who have likely spent days preparing for the welcome flood of houseguests. Each of her children had a favorite dish, something that no one else can duplicate, and those special foods are the ones mama has ready.
Taking mom out for Sunday dinner is an appropriate gesture, but it robs her of a rare chance to feed children and grandchildren the specialties that no one else can make. So, there you have it, we honor our mothers by putting them back to work in their kitchens. And back on their rightful household thrones.
Life after disaster: Chronicle’s oldest negatives show a return to normality in 1906 [San Francisco Chronicle]
Jan. 5 In The Chronicle’s archive we have four boxes of glass negatives that neither I nor anyone else at the paper knows much about. We don’t know who took the photos, perhaps an early staff member, but do know they are very old. Early in 2020, I figured it was time to find out what the images in this unique collection contained.
Each box has about a dozen 4- by 5-inch glass negatives in pretty good shape, with only two or three broken. They have fared better than our Golden Gate Bridge construction and opening day negatives, which have warped or cracked over the years.
Chess legend George Koltanowski: An archive deep dive of record-breaking chess champion and Chronicle columnist
When Kolty played blindfolded and against Bogart
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Chess master George Koltanowski had a chess puzzle in The Chronicle for many years. Here he plays several opponents blindfolded in December 1948.Duke Downey / The Chronicle 1948Show MoreShow Less
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George Koltanowksi, The Chronicle’s chess columnist, amazes the chess world and general public with his blindfold chess skills in 1951.The Chronicle 1951Show MoreShow Less
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Chronicle chess columnist George Koltanowski played 95 inmates at San Quentin State Prison in February 1957.Art Frisch / The Chronicle 1957Show MoreShow Less
no, i did not. now that you know that, does it make it look to you like your former mentor was trying to collude? was he was he trying to collude? i think he was i don t think he did as i said, think he conspired against himself. would he have? would he have gone look, i can t speak for him, but maybe he would have, but once again, i don t believe that he did. however, that does not but you believe tonight that this adds to the evidence of attempted collusion? i believe that once you look at the indictments, yes. we ve gone from russians, the russian military to campaign people now we have direct contact bill very close there. yeah, i mean, one point that jill made that it seems kind of crazy for stone to have lied to congress on something that was so obviously discoverable and would end up being proven that he lied. yes, but, what if the strategy was well, what if the strategy was better to delay than to admit everything early on