“I still don’t have what I want,” says Rita Moreno, star of stage, screen, and television and also a winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an Oscar, and a Kennedy Center Honor recipient. (“The Queen,” by Erik Maza, Town&Country, March 2022, pg. 84.) I understood w

Lily Tomlin once said, “I always wanted to be someone, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” I know the feeling.  Nearly ten years have passed since writer Susan Stoner and I began the book talk show, Just Read It. I had dreams of becoming the next Bill Moyers. How

On Sunday, April 7, between 10 a.m. and noon, I’ll be the guest author at Jan’s Paperbacks  in Beaverton, Oregon.  I am mindful of the honor.  Phillip Margolin  is launching his new book there a few days prior. Being even remotely linked with a bestselling author always gives