Category Archives: autobiographical memory

DECORATING THE TREE

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Gary Garth McCann

She came and went like a breeze, it seemed to teenage me. Sometimes she sat quietly in places where you’d expect her to talk, such as our living room. Or she sat and read when she and I were in … Continue reading →

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THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES, WHERE DO THEY GO?

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Gary Garth McCann

I met pre-med Samuel in an experimental psychology class. He thought he needed my help studying, and probably he did.  As much as help, he seemed to need a buddy, something he was accustomed to from his years as a … Continue reading →

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PORTUGAL AT CHRISTMASTIME

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Gary Garth McCann

We spent Christmas break in three wonderful, historic towns in Portugal, with a final stop in that country in Lisbon. Pictured below are Evora, Coimbra, and Geamareas. [ The top photo is of Rossio plaza, Lisbon, from tourazores.com. The next … Continue reading →

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HE’S ATTRACTED TO HIS DAD? I BEG YOUR PARDON?

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

In my novella Young and in Love? Hardy confesses to his friend Ronda of a man crush on his dad, with the sexual feelings only a gay guy can bring to a man crush. He wouldn’t mind watching his dad … Continue reading →

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FRIENDS INTRODUCE US TO THINGS WE’D NEVER THINK OF

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

When Todd and I have lunch with a friend who lost her husband not long ago, we’ve become accustomed to a wonderful tradition she and her husband began: opening a bottle of champagne for Saturday afternoons. As I sipped champagne … Continue reading →

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AM I THAT UNLIKABLE?

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

I smile when I read the above inscription in my high school yearbook. Recently in a friend’s novel, a tall, thin, male librarian is the angel of death. I happen to be a tall, thin librarian. In another friend’s novel … Continue reading →

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IF THERE’S A REALM BEYOND THIS LIFE…

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

In Paris Gare de Lyon train station, I stood next to a well-dressed young man who didn’t appear drunk. He leaned over and threw up. Late that evening in Zurich I had a very large bratwurst, beer, and went to … Continue reading →

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THEY DON’T TALK ON THEIR CELL PHONES, BUT THEY DON’T DANCE ON THE PLATFORMS, EITHER.

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

On French trains passengers must move into the vestibule, where the restrooms are, to talk on their cell phones. They do this without exception, without fault. So mannerly, so polite the French. They don’t, however, dance on the platform, as … Continue reading →

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THE MATTERHORN

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

As a kid living in Fullerton, adjacent to Anaheim, I saw the Disneyland Matterhorn a lot. Although I traveled in Switzerland a few times as an adult, I never thought of going to see the real Matterhorn. Todd and I … Continue reading →

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EVA KAPITAN, NOVELIST, PUBLISHER, JOYOUS LAUGHER, DIED APRIL 4, 2018

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

Author of the novels Lovers, Grapes and Crimes and Murder at the Wine Cask Inn, also proprietor of A Few Good Books Publishing, Eva selected quotations to appear on A Few Good Books Publishing web page that tell more about her than I could … Continue reading →

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