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The Only Real Place

April 16, 2013 By Wyn Wachhorst Leave a Comment

I was four years old in 1942 when the army sent my father to Fort Ord on California’s Monterey Peninsula.  We left a dreary flat in the gray mist of San Francisco for a sunny cottage near the cypress-lined, white-sand beaches of Carmel.  As if to ritualize this rebirth, my mother took me for a walk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, memoir Tagged With: beach, Carmel, cypress trees, ocean, sand, sea, seashore, shoreline, surf, waves

Strange Attractor

January 14, 2013 By Wyn Wachhorst 2 Comments

  Every day is Spring, while we’re young. None can refuse, time flies so fast! Too dear to lose, an’ too sweet to last! ―"While We’re Young,” featured in     Barry’s Hollywood Bowl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles & Essays, memoir, Nostalgia Tagged With: beach, Circeo, Club Spani, Ferragosto, Italy, Kingston Trio, Mediterranean, Nostalgia, Rome, youth

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