A Poet's Notebook
Hermann Hesse is one of the most widely read German-language writers ever. He is most renowned for his literary works such as Demian, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, yet he also made a name for himself as a painter. After the First World War, he learned to paint with watercolors. His paintings vividly depict…
Coyote Canyon Press just published the first of two novels by Hermann Hesse, an endeavor we’re calling our Hermann Hesse Project. Just published is Gertrude. The text for this edition is taken from Adele Lewisohn’s translation of 1915, Gertrude and I, published in New York by The International Monthly. Gertrude was the first novel by Hermann…
My old classroom at Buena Park High school, where I taught before transferring to Sonora High School in 2009. I retired in 2022.
Sandy sitting in her favorite place.
I’ve always thought the Claremont Depot looked like a movie set.
It was our first 4th of July in Claremont, so we went out to Memorial Park for the festivities. Sandy enjoyed posing with Uncle Sam. She got a big kick out of posing with Uncle Sam on stilts.
It was our first Christmas in the new houose, but I wanted to get away to Arizona. I’d been thinking about writing a novel based on historical events in Tombstone. (Note: the novel never happened.)