It’s a Wild Wild World: Animal Stories

It’s a Wild Wild World: Animal Stories

“Her name is Empress Kitty Robin!” I was living in a suburban ranch house in Palo Alto my junior year at Stanford with my friends Brad, Rob, Jenny, Julie and my partner Rachel. The house was on Wilton Avenue in south Palo Alto and we called it “The Wilton...
Life among the Heathens

Life among the Heathens

“ Missed you at church on Sunday. My cows got into the corn. It might rain. “ For the first several summers that we lived in rural Heath, Massachusets there were two general stores, one in Heath Center next to the church and town hall and the other in North Heath two...
The Life of a Cowboy

The Life of a Cowboy

“I like the idea of Cowboy poetry, but I don’t need to hear any more of it.” I was at a music festival in the Sierra Mountains and had just been told that there was a late afternoon performance event called  “Cowboy Poetry,” happening, appropriately enough, at the...
Outdoor Life

Outdoor Life

“ You climb up to the top of the tree and while you’re up there I’ll chop the tree down. ” When I was 11 years old I spent the summer in rural Massachusetts, wandering around the fields and woods with my best pal, Stevie Wolf.  We had no phones of screens to...