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Part 61: 1970s, Riley's Diner, Half-Sister Leslie Shows up

Today is Sunday, January 17, 2021. Trump has been impeached for inciting an insurrection. The 45th president has been quiet, many of his...

Part 58: The Great Escape, My Friend Dianna

Today is Sunday, December 27, 2020. In local news, there's still a snowy owl from the Arctic hanging out in our neighborhood. She favors...

Part 56: How I Met My Mother, by Marion Kminek, Plus Video of Riley Shepard

When I was young, I would watch TV and wonder if my birth mother was an actress. In fact, my high school Spanish teacher told me I looked a

Part 47: More Porn Books, Riley’s Hollywood Typing Pool

The women look up at me. A few of them look at each other, but they don’t make a move to get up to help me, their hands hovering above their

Part 46: Letters, Riley’s “Contracts”, Deals Gone Bad

I would compare my "knowing" to how a smoker "knows" that smoking causes lung damage and even cancer, and yet if they really knew...

Part 45: Jan’s Painting, More Books by Riley, Hollywood

Enough with religion and politics. Let’s talk about sex.

Part 41: The Producers, Jan and Riley Painting

Dad was pacing the room, saying what a great concept the scam was in the film.

Part 39: Memories, My Sisters, Marty Melcher, Criswell and Halo

Marion's biological mother basically said to her, "No, that's not him." The thing is, Marion and I both had our DNA tested.

Part 18: Riley's Journal Fragments: "There is Suffering and Misery Everywhere Throughout America."

The most productive nation in the world, yet unable to properly feed, clothe, and shelter a third of its population. --- Riley Shepard 1938