I went into Synanon in 1964. My husband Oscar Johnson went to prison. I had a big habit. Synanon, for those who don’t know, was…
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I was once married to a man named Oscar Johnson. Sometime in the early 60s we took a bus to Reno carrying a packed lunch…
Once upon a time, in the richest kingdom on earth there was born, a girl child. Even though she was given everything an earthly child…
From the very first day this story has read like a movie in progress. The opening images of two boys in black, two gothic young…
We lived in a building called the Delmar Club. The Delmar Club sits at the base of Santa Monica Boulevard. It was once a private beach club boasting an all white clientele including Ronald Reagan. No Jews at the Delmar Club.
This story is about race horses. That means each horse has two names. I tried to use just one name per horse to keep it…
1968 Zen was in. I tried without success to master ‘living in the now.’ 1998 Now, of course, it is simple. Living in the now…
Although I am over a half a century old, my life with horses started only seven years ago. I was born in Montana. My family is the normal Montana mix
Once I thought that the Colorado River was vested with an intense self absorbing energy — not violent by intent but destructive to whatever it encountered along the way to the sea. But that has changed… since it has been locked, blocked and regulated into a degree of submission.