Richard flew into Miramar on the last day of September. Our reunion that night carried a foreshadowing of things to come: a tattoo high on his left arm that read “Suzie” over a scramble of blue flowers.
Wednesday, November 23
I think my belief in fairy tales and happy endings was renewed during my junior year at Our Lady of Peace, a local private high school. Like so many others, I was caught up in …
Noteworthy mention in the 1983 Reader Writing Contest After thirty years of my taking out the garbage and performing other husbandly chores, the sovereign State of New Jersey decreed that our “till death do us …
Honorable mention in the 1983 Reader Writing Contest It was that last magical year, the one that was sandwiched between the Great Depression and the Second World War. In the heart of San Diego County …
Thursday, November 17
My wife offered me her assurances. “Yes, I know Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the world,” she said, “but Mike and Viv will definitely be there to meet us, and we’ll have …
Throughout all the recent commotion about stadium rock concerts, one city politician was tangly silent: Mayor Roger Hedgecock. And that seems a bit ironic, since of all city officials, Hedgecock's background in rock and roll …
Thursday, November 10
After fourteen years I had only one uncomfortable moment, one feeling of small panic. It came halfway through the advanced English class I was monitoring as an observer. Maybe it was because the class was …
Terry Barrett the powder man stood on the edge of a fifty-foot cliff he was about to destroy. As he spoke he pointed downward to the pit of a granite quarry, where there sat a …
The city council, city attorney, state courts, and a group of dedicated residents keep trying to make it impossible for Vince Miranda to show X-rated films at his Strand theater in Ocean Beach, but Miranda …
Thursday, November 3
This is a mystery story, starring Theresa Clague, the elderly lady from Chula Vista who has spent the last four months in the Tijuana penitentiary and who remains there today. One of the most intriguing …