WALTER SCHUG; A HUMBLE GIANT PASSES ON
I just found out that Walter Schug passed away on October 10th. The news did not make any headlines. My friend Archie Steele, who just [...]
ON THE BRAIN AND THE HEART
As we await the artist I hired to complete sketches that will accompany my stories, we have begun working on preliminaries to publication. Included are [...]
EPIGRAMS, A SURPRISE
"I left this page blank," wrote Mim my editor, "for an epigram. That is, if you want one." I e-mailed her back, "What is an [...]
A MALBEC COINCIDENCE
In our monthly tasting group at George and Gail Heron's house (owners of Stockton's Fine Wines) we assembled for a sampling of Argentinian Malbecs, a [...]
TESTICLE DILEMMA
This is not about testicles. It is about my relationship with my editor, Mim Harrison. As a doctor and surgeon I expect my patients to [...]
TURKISH WINE; A SUCCESSFUL SPLASH IN SAN FRANCISCO
Introducing Turkish Wine Renaissance, the brochure said, referring to the world’s only wine exporting Muslim country as The Newest Oldest Wine Region. I was [...]
READY TO PUBLISH
In keeping with a deadline I sent for my self when the year began, my short stories anthology is ready for publication. It has a [...]
SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY, A CLASSIC, YET A NEW DISCOVERY
It cannot be a coincidence. Two San Francisco bistros two weeks apart, two wines from the little known appellation of Samur-Champigny, both outstanding, both [...]
JONATHAN RESPONDS, AT LAST
At last, a reunion with Jonathan Hodes, neurosurgeon in Louisville, Kentucky, and a good friend from my UCSF days in San Francisco, who had a [...]