Part 81: What Did I Know and When Did I Know It?
Riley Shepard sold shares in his "Encyclopedia of Folk Music" to multiple investors.
Part 80: Good Riddance
In 1977, I met my half-sister for the first time. She was seventeen, I was twelve.
Part 79: The Deception Lab, Christian L. Hart, Ph.D.
In 1976, someone gave me an old Brownie camera. I'd just turned eleven, and obsessed with staging and costumes for my photographs....
Part 78: Pleasant Valley Road, Oxnard
© copyright 2019-2022 Stacya Silverman. All rights reserved. Like a child soldier, I was loyal to Riley beyond all reason. He was, in my...
Part 77: Riley’s Son, Frank Hamilton Remembers Riley from Hollywood in the 1970s
Another half-brother.
Part 76: Cream Pie
© copyright 2019-2022 Stacya Silverman. All rights reserved. Schlong: n. Vulgar Slang A penis. [Yiddish shlang, snake, penis, from Middle...
Part 75: Jan's Relatives, Moving The Encyclopedia
"The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there." --– L.P. Hartley from his novel "The Go-Between." Above is a map of...
Part 74: Riley’s Deal with Billboard Magazine, Don’t Be Like Duane.
I'm digging through my father's journal trying to remember what happened after we moved from the place where the woman was held hostage....
Part 73: The Visitors
© copyright 2019-2022 Stacya Silverman. All rights reserved. Riley refused to smoke outside, and Jan had a choice, fresh air or security....
Part 72: Sticky Fingers
©Stacya Shepard Silverman Riley Shepard’s Promise 2021 All Rights Reserved I stopped posting today's date in these blogs a while ago,...