2023 was extraordinary year for me, with so much to be thankful for. From the experimental publication of an original audio book (The Levee) in February to the more traditional publication of my newest stand-alone novel The River We Remember this past fall, it’s been a joyride, start to finish. The Levee billboard in Times … Read more
My wife and I are preparing to say goodbye to Arizona. It’s been a lovely time here, celebrating our fifty years together. In a way, it seems to me the desert and marriage share similarities. They both can be challenging. To survive them requires a keen eye to the dangers. It’s best if you don’t … Read more
Fifty years ago in March, my wife and I exchanged wedding vows. We wrote our own, which we memorized. At the ceremony, I remembered mine, but Diane was nervous. She forgot her vows and winged it. Still, she made some wonderful promises, which she has never forgotten, and across these fifty years, she has been … Read more
Fifty years ago this week, quite by accident, I met the woman who would become my wife. We were thrown together on a ride from the San Francisco airport to Stanford University, where I was a student. She was visiting on her spring break from the University of Nebraska, half a continent away. At the … Read more
I’ve driven Interstate 40, which follows historic Route 66, many times. In the Southwest particularly, there are so many abandoned places—old tourist stops, defunct gas stations, sometimes whole towns. I’ve never stopped to investigate these places, but my son has a great interest in doing exactly this. Yesterday, we visited a couple of these abandoned … Read more