Part 90: Dream On
They told their mother in Spanish "we brought home a stray dog." I didn't speak Spanish, but much later, the sisters told me...
Part 89: Riley Borrows Money, Seeks More Investors
When we were living in Hollywood, Jan and Riley were walking down Vine Street one day when a man came out of the shadows and followed...
Part 88: The ASCAP Meeting
A man broke away from the group and came up close to me. He was tall, lanky, and his broad smile showed broken, yellow front teeth.
Part 84: The Hayride
I'd been invited to go on a hayride in the small town of Porterville. Where the ride ended has stayed with me for decades.
Part 62: Video From "The Riley Shepard Show" and Liner Notes by Kevin Coffey, Riley’s Career
Today is Sunday, January 24th, 2021. There is a new strain of the COVID-19 virus that seems to be more contagious. N95 masks and KN95...
Part 60: The Encyclopedia of Folk Music, Investors, Copies of Riley's Agreements, The Fresno Library
Today is Sunday, January 10, 2021. This Week blew up on January 6th, which began with the historical news that the runoff in Georgia...
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 54: The Riley Shepard Show, Cable Access
Today is Sunday, November 29, 2020. On Friday, the outgoing POTUS tweeted these theories about voter fraud: "Biden did poorly in big...
Part 50: More Letters, A Librarian Remembers Riley
It's Sunday, November 1st, 2020. It's Daylight Savings Time, even though no one I know understands why we still do this. The presidential...
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...