My books are a flagrant mixture of real and made-up events and characters. I really enjoy the literary license that brings, and I think it makes for a better story over all. (If James Frey… Read more
Old Home Week in Mission Beach #2
Read #1 The next morning, I walked out to the boardwalk sipping a triple-shot mocha and hoping that the caffeine would kick in quickly after my restless night. I walked down to the water, stuck… Read more
Old Poem, New Context
I found this poem, which I wrote a bunch of years ago (10, maybe?) I see now that it was the germ of the idea for reading the signs. Yep, it pays to keep those… Read more
Old Home Week in Mission Beach #1
I took the family on a sort-of vacation last week to a big house on Mission Beach in San Diego. Okay, that might sound strange given that we live in San Diego (well, Poway, actually),… Read more
A Note From the Principal
I’ve written before about my new friend, David Pinter, principal of General Joseph Finegan Elementary in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Today he sent me the following remarkable update, reminding me, once again, why I get… Read more