Category Archives: Two Faces: A Memoir

September 20, 2023 Last night I stood before a group of some thirty residents here at Cascade Manor for a book reading of the book I co-authored with a dear friend. Here at the Manor, we had just come off … Continue reading →

After ten years of endless work and countless re-writes, I’m delighted to announce that Two Faces is now a published novel. Based on my own and a lifelong friend’s true experiences during World War II, we principally began our book … Continue reading →

There were two episodes after we were married where race played a noticeable role. The first was soon after our marriage when we were looking for an apartment in Berkeley. I had gone out in response to an ad in … Continue reading →

Wesley Foundation was a major part of my life in college starting in 1957. I met Barbara, my future wife there, though it would be several years before that ever developed. Barbara and I were on the leadership council at … Continue reading →

Overall, my life has been mostly free of racial assaults and attacks, thankfully nothing physical. Of those that did happen, only a few were direct confrontations. Most of them were sideswipes. There was nothing of any kind when we first … Continue reading →

This story had its origins in an email in 2013 sent by Nina to Gordon with an idea for a writing project she had in mind. Nina is a retired teacher having spent years teaching dependents of U.S. military personnel … Continue reading →

My dear friend from high school, Celia Nina Wolpe, and I are working on a joint writing project about our lives during WWII. It is a memoir-infused novel about our two families and what in particular our mothers did to … Continue reading →

Most of the stories adults remember from their childhood almost always opened with, “Once upon a time…” That beginning loosed the wonderful world of make believe, a realm made of the dreams and hopes of wide-eyed children. The story shared … Continue reading →

Central California in late 1941 was quiet and slow-paced, tranquil and dream-like. It was in this haven that Nina and Gordon had met as second graders and grew into fast friends. Their families lived on the same side of town … Continue reading →

This is the story of two friends whose lives touched during the turbulent years of WWII. Nina and Gordon were both born in 1938 at Mercy Hospital in the San Joaquin Valley town of Merced. Their story begins in this … Continue reading →