Posted: Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 by Gaelyn Whitley Keith

Can you help us get H J Whitley into the California Hall of Fame?

Link to nomination form<

Read more: California Museum Nomination

Posted: Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 by Gaelyn Whitley Keith

Of all the products of popular culture, none is more sharply etched in our imagination than the movies. Most Americans instantly recognize images produced by the movies: Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, as an adventurous archeologist in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. Sean Connery, the gun-toting James Bond in “Goldfinger”, and Carrie Fisher, the beautiful princess who is fighting the evil emperor in “Star Wars”. Even those who have never seen “ET”, “Casablanca” or “Gone With the Wind” respond instantly to the advertisements, parodies, and TV skits that use these films’ dialogue, images, and characters. So when was the first Hollywood movie filmed?

Read more: First Hollywood movie filmed on Whitley Estate on October 26, 1911

Posted: Saturday, August 14th, 2010 by Gaelyn Whitley Keith

Can you help us get H J Whitley into the California Hall of Fame?
Link to nominate H J Whitley as a remarkable Californian at the California Museum

CA Hall of Fame Candidate Information
Nominee's Name : Hobart Johnstone Whitley (HJ Whitley)

Read more: Nominate H J Whitley as a remarkable Californian at the California Museum

Posted: Monday, May 10th, 2010 by Gaelyn Whitley Keith

I had always thought of goal setting as a discipline that made you work for what you wanted. Until I attended a business seminar on goal setting a few years ago, I never set goals. It was too much TROUBLE! Besides that, it made me feel guilty and pressured.

Read more: Goal Setting – Something I learned from HJ Whitley