Born 1951 in San Francisco and raised with one root in the traditional Toisanese speaking urban village of SF Chinatown and one root in the heady Bohemian North Beach culture of jazz, Beat poetry, Zen, the counter culture, hedonism, and good Italian food.
"The Color of Water" by James McBride
"Notes of a Native Son" by James Baldwin
Alice Walker
Dashiell Hammett
Raymond Chandler
Bible -- King James Version
Mao Tse-tung
Thich Nhat Han
HH Dalai Lama
Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Books
Temple of My Familiar, Red Harvest, The Thin Man, The Long Goodbye, The Love Wife, Androgyny, East of Eden, Notes of a Native Son, Seeing Through Shuck: An Anthology (1960s)
Favorite Authors
Alice Walker, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Gish Jen, John Steinbeck, James Baldwin, Sir Author Conan Doyle; Jack Kerouac; Barbara Kingsolver; Henry Miller
What I'm Reading
Serving the People, an ARC; Peony in Love; Vanity Fair, The May Fourth Movement, The Open Road, Intimate Portraits, History as Propaganda (Tibet & China)
A few weeks ago, I had RSVP'ed to attend the 25th anniversary party of Mustard's Grill, that culinary lodestar that placed Napa on the map not only as a wind destination but a gourmet valley. Greatest food, finest wine, music and from the invitation, what promised to be a never ending stream of Napa society, foodies from everywhere, celebs, and Cindy Pawson's own down-home set (I'm in this ...
For those of us who love Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Mort Sahl, Chris Rock, and all other comedian warriors who loved all words and tolerated no hypocrisy, please honor the passing of George Carlin who has gone off to that great, open, free stage in the sky.Take a few minutes and watch his famous and now classical performance of "The 7 Words..." on ...
I'm being Kindle-ized by Amazon.com., so my agent recently informed me. The good news is that my first book, The Eighth Promise, will be downloadable in about six weeks from their site into the Kindle book pod. The bad news is that the royalty per digital sale is much less than for a real book sale. I suppose the selection of The Eighth Promise confirms what I've suspected -- that after a ...
