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Pete Townsend’s Upcoming Memoir

Pete Townsend of the 70’s supergroup, The Who, is releasing his memoir ‘Who Am I’ next week. I don’t usually read celebrity memoirs mainly because I can’t really relate to them. Someone is famous and all kinds of things happen … Continue reading

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Lemons and Lemonade

“When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” Not too tart, not too sweet. Refreshing, satisfying, and bursting with flavor – The Troubles IS the ultimate in lemonade.

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The Troubles Ch16a – Majorca (W.I.P. snippet revised)

I just had to catch a real fish, so I set out along the beach and around the postcard-perfect rocky point to what looked like a promising cove. I fished for hours there without hooking a damned thing besides the … Continue reading

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Shotguns and Rabbits

All too soon the weekend ended; time to go back to Portora. At least I had my rabbit pelt, though within a few days it wasn’t nearly as soft and fluffy as it had been. Tufts of hair began falling … Continue reading

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Speaking of Eeyore

The other day a friend of mine said he worried that my Sacred Animal Totem was Eeyore. I chuckled because I knew what he meant but also because that assessment is wrong and I’m happy to point that out, not … Continue reading

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Ice In The Veins

My friend Lynette Benton says to write memoir you need ice in your veins. She’s right. I’ve been writing my memoir for a long time now, about seventeen years. There are many reasons for it taking so long, but one … Continue reading

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