Again and again he made her jump into the deep water off the diving board. She was scared. She loved the water and she wanted to be in the pool playing at the shallow end or making her way around the edge hanging on and occasionally letting go challenge herself. She didn’t know how to… Continue reading That Summer in Ojai
Category: Early Years
Palms
It’s hard to picture the LA she grew up in. Bungalow apartments built around a courtyard with a big central lawn dotted with palm trees. She knew all of her immediate neighbors. The kids all congregated together at various yards and houses to play. It was a comforting existence. She knew where her grandmother lived… Continue reading Palms
The Red Stool
Her mother pulled her aside to tell her the facts of life. She was sitting on the red kitchen stool in the corner of the kitchen. When she was very young about five or six years old, her older cousin had told her “The Facts of Life” and she was not looking forward to hearing… Continue reading The Red Stool
Show Business
She really did grow up in show business. Her dad went to Hollywood High and played football with James Bumgarner (James Garner). There’s a picture of them together with the rest of the foot ball players. Her dad was so short that Jim and another guy had to hold him up to match their heights… Continue reading Show Business
Honey Mathers
Honey Mathers was a large breasted, well-rounded, middle aged Southern woman who lived next door to me when I was a young girl. She lived with her invalid husband (re: drunk and medicated) and her two biker mechanic sons. Honey’s sons were basically faceless mutes dressed in greasy clothes, long hair, beards… always stuck in… Continue reading Honey Mathers