Quite a few years ago now, a pen-pal of mine created the first personal weblog I ever saw. It was at the late “EditThisPage.com”, and he called it “The View from Dry Creek”. It was a logical name, being as he and his family were living adjacent to a creek with that name. I signed up for one as well, just to try it out; and not having any better idea and given that I live in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains I decided to call mine “The View from the Foothills”. I didn’t post very much there, and a year or so went by before I started blogging in earnest here at wjduquette.com. When I did, I decided to keep the name.

When I chose the name, it was with the notion that I’d be sharing my views on various matters. Recently, though, it’s taken on a different meaning–the images I’ve posted today and sporadically over the past six months are mostly, and quite literally, views from the foothills. Fancy that.