A man broke away from the group and came up close to me. He was tall, lanky, and his broad smile showed broken, yellow front teeth.

If you're just starting this blog, it has an order. Some entries can be stand alone, like this one, but most will refer to previous...

The first time I looked at my face in a mirror after the accident was at home in our bathroom. In the hospital, the nurses kept me from...

We moved to Porterville, a town in the middle of California, away from beaches, away from Riley's friends, away from the world it...

I'd been invited to go on a hayride in the small town of Porterville. Where the ride ended has stayed with me for decades.

My father said that part of his encyclopedia of folk music was burned in a fire, and that he'd have to start all over. Was it true?

Stolen songs and strange behavior, Riley Shepard fits right in.

Riley Shepard sold shares in his "Encyclopedia of Folk Music" to multiple investors.

In 1977, I met my half-sister for the first time. She was seventeen, I was twelve.

© copyright 2019-2022 Stacya Silverman. All rights reserved. Like a child soldier, I was loyal to Riley beyond all reason. He was, in my...