Category Archives: Interviews

To Be A Witness

The Original Tommy’s Joynt, 10:00AM Sunday Morning

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A Day at the Drags

National Hot Rod Association Sonoma Nationals  My daughter Katy and I journeyed up to Sonoma [...]

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Good-bye to a Hero

Daniel Ellsberg We lost a hero this week. Daniel Ellsberg risked it all to try [...]

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Iron Workers Reflect

Iron Workers Reflect   Searching my photo and video archives for new book material, I [...]

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Remembering the Iron Workers

Has this ever happened to you: you look back at earlier work in your career [...]

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Treasures From the Monterey Jazz Festival

Meet Ernest Walker At this years jazz festival, I met an interesting musician / producer [...]

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Losing Friends / Newest Photographs

Favorite Dorothy Parker poem. Very deep. Lots of insight about the human condition: “I like to [...]

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My Worst Investment Ever!

Memorable Quotes From “Sharing Our Stories” “What I fear most is that my life will [...]

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The One Minute Manager: Ken Blanchard

Meet Ken Blanchard If you have worked in corporate America in the last 50 years, [...]

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Hooray For Taylor Eigsti

Taylor Eigsti Wins a Grammy I interviewed jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti in 2017. What a [...]

Pet Lovers: Meet Two Vets

Pet Lovers: Meet Two Veterinarians If you own, or have owned pets – mostly cats [...]

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Jerry’s Story

Jerry’s Story My new audiobook, Sharing Our Stories, brings home one point loud and clear. [...]

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The Joy of Reconnecting

The Joy of Reconnecting with Mentors Brenda Lee listened to Sharing Our Stories.  The chapter [...]

Jon Hendricks

Jazz Fan? Do You Remember Jon Hendricks? Two weeks ago, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, [...]

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Cheer Each Other On

Dateline: Redwood City: 81 Year Old Man Gets First Pole Vaulting Lesson! Cheer Each Other [...]

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Dan Barker: From Preacher to Atheist

Are you religious?  Are you an atheist or an agnostic?   Wherever you stand on [...]

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Chris Brubeck and LuEllen Schafer

It has been an intense week of highs and lows. I interviewed jazz royalty, and [...]

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A Dancer’s Story

Meet retired dancer Josie G. Sadan.  

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Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg interview, September, 2018.  

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Sarah Cameron Sunde: Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

Sarah Cameron Sunde is a performance artist living in New York. I met her recently [...]

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Why Interviews?

For my last blog post, I featured a story about Anne Salley. Anne sells her [...]