Next week I'm moving to the seaside town of Gualala. Locals pronounce it "Wa-LA'-la," from the Pomoan word qháhwala∙li meaning "where the waters flow down." The Native peoples who occupied the area were known as the latcupda, part of the bokeya group of Pomo peoples. Located on the Pacific coast of California at the mouth of the Gualala River, it's quite beautiful. My father was born in …
|
|