The Magic Show

Lots of boys go through a magic stage.  They get a kid’s magic set of simple tricks, they pick up a card trick or two, or they figure out ho...

The Overcoat

The black overcoat I am wearing in the photo that introduces this blog is vintage.  That photo of me is from December 2011, but the coat was...

From One Small Town to Another

Getting out of Placerville has got to be every graduating high school senior’s goal.  Very few, any more, stick around for more than a possi...

Visiting Grover's Corners

If someone were to ask me what is my favorite play (not musical), I will always pick Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning Our Town no m...