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True Yarns, Ltd.

Lynn Ludlow, Charlie Cardillo

Lynn Ludlow's Substack file is a hellbox (where old-time printers tossed flawed slugs). Look for pieces on neglected history, newspaper lore, word sightings, and a hoax or two. Mostly Golden State and Golden Gate. Upcoming: "Big Ralph," a biography.

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In Memory of Lynn Ludlow

We’re deeply saddened to share that Lynn Ludlow passed away on July 28, 2025, at the age of 91. He died at home in San Francisco, just days after playing music in the backyard with old friends.

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MY FATHER, John Ludlow, a world-class place dropper, would tell us with sniffy sympathy that, oh, you visited San Francisco’s Botanical Gardens and somehow missed the Andean wax palms. Oh my. (He loved to talk to us about things he had obse...

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The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Lynn Ludlow

    Newspaperman (retired), SF Chronicle, SF Examiner, San Jose Mercury. SF State faculty.

  • Charlie Cardillo

    San Franciscan.

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