My Fathers Day Memories: Our Silly Half Hour
Our Silly Half Hour When I was six years old, my parents and I lived in a rented Victorian in the Richmond District of San Francisco, and my favorite time of day was the Silly Half-Hour. There was no set time when this event would occur, and it didn’t happen every...An Interview with Marlene Bumgarner
Hi everyone! I’ve been traveling and finalizing the sale of my house in Santa Cruz. Arrived back in Calabasas Tuesday night. Thanks to Lois Winston for publishing her interview with me on her web page today. You can read it here...
Deconstructing a Life
April 4. This is hard. Harder than I expected. Deconstructing my Santa Cruz house to reconstruct it for today’s market is, essentially, deconstructing the life I lived in it for a decade. Workmen are removing the wall decorations, TV screens, bookcases,...This is What Happiness Looks Like
Happiness Starts in the Morning This morning I awakened just before my alarm went off. I set an alarm for 6:00 a.m. Monday through Friday so I can join a Shut Up and Write Group that meets 6:45-8:30. We check in, say where we’re calling from, then write for 90...A New Year’s Eve to Remember
Happy New Year – A Little Bit Late I started writing this essay on January 2, as I was beginning to feel healthy again after a bout of pneumonia. I had to cancel my Christmas trip to Sorrento, Pompei, and Herculaneum and was feeling pretty down when I received...
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