What Would Mark Twain Say?

But what distinguishes Dolley to my mind, and makes her ahero of her time, really, is the way she single-handedly saved an American treasure…

It was to be that little mouse’s, and McAvoy’s lucky Maui day…

“So Sam, what do you think about President Teddy Rooseveltnow that you’re up here?”

Once upon a time I had the best job in America...

"All right, then, I'll go to hell.”

How can we avoid a Third World War?

By the way, Marquette, how in blazes are we going to getback home?"

So you might be wondering,is there a moral to this history? 

“I must have been drinking from the Fountain of Youth.”

It’s a powerful piece of music, a piece of music that could rightfully become a 2026 anthem for all nations of the world, in welcoming a peaceful dawn…

I can only imagine the reaction those Commandments might have had in France…“No adultery?  Hey, I’m French!”

It can happen, as art so often becomes a catalyst for creativity.

Still, on my daily walks, I gaze up there and long to be gliding down, with a song in my heart, carving turns to the beat of Lido Shuffle, and thanking those who came before me formaking Diamond Peak such a wonderful place to capture the essence of life with a perfect run…

I was invited to John Rolf’s bachelor party the night before he married Pocahontas...

If ever there was an act of God that was identifiable to me,that was it…

If you do those two things, read good books and provide yourself with some solitude, your story will jump out just like that Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. ..

At the end of my string, I turned to that Oracle of Prophecy, my ex-wife, whose favorite team is the Bengals, though she calls them the “Bagels.”

Whether deep into a good game of poker, or enjoying a cigar with friends, he was forever cheerful, and just booming with good fellowship…

In a thousand cruises into Emerald Bay, the one where the bride turned into her mother is the one I remember most...

Meanwhile, that drive-in movie taught me a lesson that I call upon even today, that beauty is in the eye of the beholder,and in the touch of the beholder, as was the case in that night of the cotton bouquet…           

Stay tuned to these pages for the final chapters of Adventures of Huckleberry Jay…

There is more to the transmigration of souls to be discovered.

I am writing on musical adrenalin alone...

I got into a gunfight with a gentleman from North Vietnam, and he was as bad a shot as I was, thank goodness. ..

When AI learns how to see, well, we had all better start looking for a place to hide...

Then he pulled and pried me until I was as flexible as a circus performer, and I’ve never been quite so tall in my long life. ..

My surfer friend took a long last look at his Waikapu Whacko, tucked it between his thumb and forefinger, and flicked it unceremoniously onto the road...

Sea otters are stealing surfboards in Santa Cruz...

No longer is the question, “How many fighter jets do you have,” but, “How many drones do you have?”

Sam would be proud...

So if we can get this done before we blow ourselves up, wouldn’t it be nice?

“When angry, count four; when very angry, go ahead and swear.  It's the people's poetry.”

Surviving at sea 43 days on 10 day’s rations for 15 men, they washed ashore at Laupahoihoi on the Big Island of Hawaii.

A very smart lady took that charter and hid it in a tree, the hollow of an oak tree to be exact...

Meanwhile I shall remain a friend trying to become a better person in a country trying to become a better democracy… 

I’ve been reading of late that plants can talk to each other and can even talk to certain bugs in a tongue that you and I cannot hear. ..

...and a tear ran down her cheek.

The first person to swim across Lake Tahoe was a woman, naturally, Myrtle Huddleston. ..

Just looking at some of the records in the Guinness Book has caused me to wonder how I might become officially amazing by getting my name in that book somewheres, and I think I’vehit on it...

The true measure of a person is not net worth, but net humanity.

So you might be wondering, what is the prize for winning the World’s Wife Carrying Championships? I thought you’d never ask. The grand prize is the winners’ total weight in beer.

You just might get swept away into another person’s life, another person’s time, that will thrill and entertain you to no end…

That evening we went body surfing at midnight under a full moon, and a couple porpoises joined us as playmates and instructors...

That was this boy’s lucky day...

Thereupon, not unlike Captain Cook, I shoved off to where no man had gone before.

"This little village of ours is going to need a really good name."

Future readings will serve to advance human understanding and tolerance.

If you’re hoping to check it out of your library you should expect to be put on a waiting list.

They even let me climb inside Sputnik Two...

They administer that kindness regardless of those other birds’ political beliefs...