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Ordinary people, real people — people who barring car crashes and other happenstances don’t make the news — are at least as interesting as many of the people we gossip and read about. We live interesting lives.
Like my father’s stories, I hope you’ll read mine as less about me than as insights into particular times, people and experiences.
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People & places I admire — plenty more to come
Why the wheels fell off a bright kid, what got me on the road again, and why I headed off in unexpected directions.
Enterprising, energetic, but with no sense of career — why not build a boat and go sailing?
There are Real People everywhere. I enjoy writing these stories. Skip the boring bits, and add a comment if you like.