December 6, 2019
Quote of the Day
Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.
– Mignon McLaughlin
This Day in History
December 6, 1933: “Ulysses” is ruled not obscene. A federal judge rules that Ulysses by James Joyce is not obscene. The book had been banned immediately in both the United States and England when it came out in 1922. Three years earlier, its serialization in an American review had been cut short by the U.S. Post Office for the same reason. Fortunately, one of James’ supporters, Sylvia Beach, owner of the bookstore Shakespeare and Co. in Paris, published the novel herself in 1922.
James Joyce was born in Dublin, the eldest of 10 children of a cheerful ne’er-do-well who eventually went bankrupt. Joyce attended Catholic school and University College in Dublin, where he learned Dano-Norwegian so he could read the plays of Henrik Ibsen in the original. In college, he began a lifetime of literary rebellion when he self-published an essay rejected by the school’s literary magazine adviser.
After graduation, Joyce moved to Paris. He resolved to study medicine to support himself while writing but soon gave it up. He returned to Dublin to visit his mother’s deathbed and remained to teach school and work odd jobs. On June 16, 1904, he met Nora Barnacle, whom he convinced to return to Europe with him. The couple settled in Trieste, where they had two children, and then in Zurich. Joyce struggled with serious eye problems, undergoing 25 operations for various troubles between 1917 and 1930.
In 1914, he published The Dubliners and his 1915 novel, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, brought him fame and the patronage of several wealthy people, including Edith Rockefeller. Ulysses, with its radical stream-of-consciousness narrative, deeply influenced the development of the modern novel. Joyce’s final novel, Finnegans Wake, was published in 1939, and Joyce died in 1941.
Ojai Weather
Mostly sunny, rain later – High 68 / Low 49
Total rainfall for the season – 3.74 inches
Friday, December 6, 2019
1:45 p.m.
The open house list for this weekend has been updated. We’ll be holding our listing at 59 W. Calle El Prado open on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Come by and check it out!
There is a new listing on the market:
- 228 N. Pueblo Avenue – $679,000.
Have a great weekend…
8:00 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 117 N. Arnaz Street – sold for $509,000 (originally listed for $539,000).
Here’s the list of things to do in Ojai!
Pic(s) of the Day
Thursday, December 5, 2019
4:35 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 1340 McNell Road – $3,500,000.
- 411 Park Road – $685,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 124 N. Poli Street – reduced from $575,000 to $565,000.
- 96 Valley Ridge Drive – reduced from $655,000 to $649,700.
- 203 N. Alvarado Street – sale pending.
- 1202 Loma Drive #51 – sale pending.
- 180 N. Poli Street – withdrawn from the market (had been a pending sale).
8:30 a.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 705 E. Oak Street – sale pending.
- 4320 Thacher Road – this listing has been cancelled.
- 10934 Alto Court – withdrawn from the market (the Ventura MLS link will show this as “unavailable.”)
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
3:55 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 44 Don Antonio Way – back on the market (had been expired) and reduced from $105,000 to $102,500.
- 1400 McAndrew Road – sale pending.
- 144 Wormwood Street – withdrawn from the market.
- 175 La Plaza Way – photos have been added to the listing.
11:10 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 403 N. Montgomery Street – $1,499,000.
- 10934 Alto Court – $1,890,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1370 Cuyama Road – this listing has been cancelled.
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
4:15 p.m.
The Ojai Market Data update is here! Check it out to see Ojai valley sales statistics for the month of November.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 5180 Reeves Road – $3,295,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 36 Kunkle Street – reduced from $994,000 to $925,000.
- 990-992 Loma Drive – sale pending.
- 2330 Ladera Road – sold for $2,340,000 (originally listed for $2,790,000).
10:30 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
- 2680 E. Ojai Avenue – $2,250,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 162 Olive Street – back on the market (had been a pending sale).
- 848 Woodland Avenue #26 – withdrawn from the market.
- 530 N. Ventura Avenue – this listing has expired. (The Ventura MLS link will show this as “unavailable.”)
Pic of the Day
Monday, December 2, 2019
4:40 p.m.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1202 Loma Drive #57 – reduced from $149,000 to $139,000.
- 11195 N. Ventura Avenue #7 – sale pending.
- 505 Pleasant Avenue – sold for $735,000 (originally listed for $749,500).
- 172 Mountain View Street – withdrawn from the market.
11:40 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
- 180 Alto Drive – $869,000.
- 175 La Plaza – $125,000.
Changes to the All Listings page:
- 1420 Cuyama Road – reduced from $1,599,000 to $1,499,000.
- 210 N. Fulton Street – sold for $510,000 (originally listed for $599,000).
- 99 Don Carlos Way – sold for $117,500 (originally listed for $134,900).
- 802 El Toro Road – this listing has expired.
Pic(s) of the Day
I’m sure most of us in Ojai have seen recent photos of the snow-covered mountains from the valley floor. Here’s a different perspective of the snowfall from up in the hills, about 25 miles or so north of Ojai (thanks to a friend of ours). His estimate is that they received about a foot of snow.
