Category Archives: Writing & Social Commentary

Humor Corner

How men ruin a romantic evening The World According to Brooklyn Tony*  (warning: contains profanity [...]

Miracle on Harrison Avenue

Meet our neighbor, Andy Rios, a recent graduate of Sequoia High School in Redwood City.  [...]

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Video: The Shortest Distance Between Two Hearts

When Robin McKellar saw herself on video and realized she looked and sounded terrific – [...]

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Blog readers always ask me, “How come your writing is so good?”

Here is the answer – I follow these guidelines:   HOW TO WRITE GOOD * [...]

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Rick’s Epitaph

Now, not to worry. I seem to be in good health. But with back-to- back [...]

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Fish’s Legacy

I am surprised how hard Robert Fish’s death has hit me. Like losing a brother. [...]

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Video Tips: The Wright Brothers’ Sister

Two valuable lessons from my video storytelling workshop in Santa Fe were: 1) use a [...]

Photo Tips

Three things you can do to make your photos more interesting • Get down low [...]

Flamenco Spirit

Saturday evening in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I stumbled into a club advertising an evening [...]

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Commonwealth Club: 15 Mind-Blowing Success Secrets for Small Businesses

My talk on July 20 went very well. Responsive group of small business people and [...]

The Source of “Let ‘er Rip”

Dena Pappas burst through the front door of the Fourth Street Music store in San [...]

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Grandpa Says “So long” to Rickey

I treasured my visits to my daughter Connie’s family in Berkeley. Her husband, Gil, made [...]

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Upcoming Commonwealth Club Speech

Please join me on Monday, July 20 at The Commonwealth Club, 555 Post Street, San [...]

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How to Save Time at Work

Writing notes on birthday cards, anniversary cards, or sympathy cards is such a time sink [...]

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First Kiss

Those who knew Robert Fish probably knew about his remarkable storytelling. He was a master [...]

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Filoli Photographic Exhibition

Several months ago, I entered a contest for a show on architecture at Filoli. Happy [...]

Billionaires to the Barricades!

“The divide between the top 1 percent and the remainder of the country cannot and [...]

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Robert Fish Remembered

Robert lost his battle with prostate cancer, and we lost a friend of 30 years. [...]

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Two From Gloria Steinem

February, 2015, San Miguel, Mexico MS Magazine.   In her speech to 1,000 writers, Gloria [...]

Unexpected Birthday Song

Years ago, our good friend, Avron Barr, took his girlfriend out to celebrate her birthday [...]

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Robert Fish *

“I continue to be grateful every morning, every afternoon, every evening for another day without [...]

Going to the Dark Side

Like many in my…er…age group, I had cataract surgery last year. Leading up to the [...]

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Speaking Truth to Power at the US Public Health Service

The year was 1963. I was working for the US Public Health Service, stationed in [...]

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LSD and Me

Gates of Eden With a time-rusted compass blade Aladdin and his lamp  Sits with Utopian [...]