Category Archives: Stories of my life

Some pictures of some paintings… part 1… oh, and a free art lesson…

Yesterday, I told you I was almost done posting photos of my trip to see my mom in the Bay Area, except for some pictures of some pictures. I always do some painting when I am at my mom’s house. I … Continue reading

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And you know I always visit my friend John when I go back to the Bay Area… even though he is dead…

For a dead guy, he sure has a nice view… Okay, technically it his memorial tree growing over his ashes… or most of his ashes… that has the good view. I am pretty sure I did a post a long … Continue reading

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Okay… so I wasn’t the cutest baby in the world…

Here is another of my early posts. This one has pictures of me as a baby, a kid, and my wedding day. It was called: Enough about art… ——————————– Let’s talk about Arthur… Oh lucky you, I found some more … Continue reading

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But I’m an ex Berkeley liberal hippy… I can’t be a racist!!!

Yeah, that’s right… I have been accused of being a racist… sort of… in a really offhand way. You know that children’s book I did? The one called: I Like Monkeys. It is over there in my sidebar. I have … Continue reading

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I feel much better now, because I made a new friend…

I had to drive two hours up into the mountains to pick up Mollie from camp. I saw this lovely lady and had to pull over to meet her. She came right over when I made that clicky noise with … Continue reading

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We only need 1,000 more comments to get to 15,000 on the post where we are trying to break the record for most comments, so today, just for fun and to try something new, we are going to have a contest to see who can flirt with me best…

Normally I would never suggest that you flirt with a strange man on the internet… and I am one of the strangest men on the internet… but because I am happily married and have two daughters and I am also a … Continue reading

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Here it is… the new book…

Here is the new novel in my action/adventure/comedy/science fiction series: The Otherwhere Chronicles. Book two is called: Down To Earth… I am now going to try to add it to my sidebar with the other books, but I am a … Continue reading

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I gave Willie a Christmas present…

He now has his own, signed copy of the monkey book. After our trip to the California Academy of Sciences, we went out to dinner with Willie and his family in a very nice Burmese restaurant in a quaint little … Continue reading

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A literary interview with a young reader…

Me: Hey, Willie, whatcha got there? Willie: Just the most awesome book ever. And guess what! It was written by a good friend of mine. Me: Well it does my heart good to see a young person who likes to … Continue reading

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Okay… I’m back…

I know… you didn’t know I was gone. I am not supposed to tell you when I am gone. But I am back now, so there you go. We went to visit my oldest daughter in Arizona. You may remember the … Continue reading

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