Author Archive

On the Road

Beyond Cuckoo began as a rant, progressed to disbelief and evolved, or regressed, depending on your perspective, as research and plot development for a novel in progress.

Jack Kerouac wrote his Beat fictional trip on one continuous scroll of paper ‘round and about the same year I was born. Some consider it master-work others as master-dribble—mind blowing prose meant to incite, excite and shock the establishment. Today the establishment, now overshadowed ...

River cut through the orange orchard to save a few minutes. Perfect timing allowed her to dally at the library and still get home by 6:00 for dinner. It didn’t matter where she went, or what she did, as long as she hit her mark at the table when the first ...

Farm to Table

It’s no secret that I love to cook, or that now I’ve retired, I’m officially Beyond Cuckoo. (Well, that part I’m still working on—but more about that soon.) This week, canvas bags in hand and like Ina Garten, husband in tow, I hit the Wednesday Santa Rosa Farmers Market.

For those that don’t know, or who live on another planet, ...