Book Tour, Persimmons and a Birthday that Ends in Five
Back in Calabasas I’m back home again after my 10-day road trip to northern California, featuring book readings, good times with friends, several bags of persimmons, and my 75th birthday. It was a great trip. Here are the Highlights: Because my first stop was...
Tribute to a Queen
God Save the Queen Standing by the railway tracks in 1954, waving an Australian flag, I began a fascination with the Queen that would last my entire life. My schoolmates and I had been let off school to greet Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip as they embarked on a...
Taking Sheila on the Road
On The Road With Sheila My friend Quincy asked me to write about my early adventures on the road in my new motor home so here goes. My first excursion in Sheila was from Beach Cities RV in southern California to my home in Santa Cruz. I have nothing to say about that...
How Fears Change as We Age
What Scares You? After I posted the blog last week showing off my new set of wheels, I received some interesting emails from friends. Some were positive, but others, mostly from readers close to my age, were some variation on these two statements: “How can you...
I’m Baaa-aak!
I’m Baaa-aaak! It’s hard to believe, but the last day I posted to this blog was May 14, my mother’s birthday. I had no particular desire or intent to stop writing here, but I was trying to stay focused on the one writing project that had kept me awake at nights...
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