; For many years previous to that I wrote audio visual scripts, and I did contract writing. I have desktop publishing and word processing skills, and I have worked for non-profits as an administrative assistant. I designed and built the database used by the Housing Assistline in Marin County when working as an administrative assistant. I did that as one of my volunteer activities. I graduated from Santa Monica High School, and to my surprise the Vice-Principal of that High School attends the same church as do I in Mill Valley. Where I live is a familiar place to me, though many friends and acquaintances are long gone. One teacher from my early days at College of Marin, way back before I entered the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command during the Vietnam War, is still a counselor at the College. During the war our command sent B-52’s around the world to their fail safe point, including some trips to Vietnam. Then from our base in the America’s we supported the pilots and crew in flights that literally flew the entire globe non-stop to reach their destination. To my memory, none were lost and all returned home. This was a perfect record of many, many missions. I also attended Pacific Palisades High School in Los Angeles, and I have two living brothers (the oldest a prominent businessman and former legislative aid, the other a writer). My youngest brother was a Screen Actors Guild member and died at about 40 years of age. I am divorced. My parents were in the entertainment business. My father wrote radio scripts like “The Shadow,” and “The Lone Ranger.” When I see Perry Mason on television, I still look to see if his name is on the credits to see if he will be receiving a residual check for his script. Remember “Highway Patrol” or even “Captain Video”; those were television shows from his days as far back as DuMont and the Golden days of television and radio. My Volunteer Work My formal volunteer work is with L.I.T.A. (Love Is The Answer), a Marin non-profit group that visits the elderly. Something about my friend The Man from Annapolis:I visit an Annapolis graduate who is in his 80’s. This friend of mine talks of his time as a commander of destroyers (3 different ones), and of the time he was commander of a PT squadron in the Second World War. He and his men were responsible for sinking more than 35 German ships with their PT boats. He worked with the French forces, for those who are interested in this kind of history. And he tells me that his wife’s father rode with Teddy Roosevelt. I have seen many of the medalsthe former President gave his father-in-law. They have inscriptions like “Freedom from Want.” I visit Dwight, a big city Newspaper Editor: Another friend of mine in his 80’s is a former editor with The San Francisco Chronicle. He complained to me (on the second day of Christmas, St. Stephen’s day, the day I am writing this part of my web page) that Santa did not visit. My friend Dwight having been a friend and a worker for Santa Claus for many years, and a good one, I thought this unusual. I will have to give it some thought, what my wordsmith (CAPTION) Mt.Tamalpais, Corte Madera Creek, Ma rin County,California Photo: Rick White ©2004