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EXCERT FROM A NOVEL: Smarter Than That
PROLOGUE – SEPTEMBER 2016 I always assumed I’d write a novel someday; I just never figured on penning a memoir. But let me assure you, dear reader, this modern-day tragedy will be all the more juicy for its truthfulness. As it happens, today is my 55th birthday. What better time to relay my admittedly schmaltzy...
Read ArticleA New Adventure for Bob Jacobs
When I first met Jerie (now my wife) 35+ years ago, she was getting ready to do a full-time volunteer service mission. Thankfully she consented to hang her hat with me instead – but I promised her that I would take her on just such an adventure someday. Well, that time has now arrived. The...
Read ArticlePerforming and Visual Artists in Our Bar Association
According to a joke, the difference between lawyers and accountants is that accountants know they are boring. We at Contra Costa Lawyer, however, beg to differ. We believe lawyers are a colorful bunch, fun to be around, with rich and fully realized personal and creative lives. As we set out to find proof of this...
Read ArticleWaxing Poetic
I was born and was raised In The Canadian Prairies, With kilometers of wheat And countless plots of dairies. I aspired to live That great Cali life, And fortunately, in law school Met my Californian wife. In 1993 I embarked naïve, As a fresh faced, new lawyer No skills, just belief. And through all these...
Read ArticleThe Actor
You get an audition notice. You look at the sides. You say – “I can do this!” But what are the odds? Three thousand to one; 10,000 to one; a million to one? If that really bothers you (or you’re sane or practical or just not a bit crazy), then stop. Don’t go into that...
Read ArticleEXCERPT FROM A MYSTERY NOVEL: Nine Tenths of the Law
Chapter 1 My name is Zara. I was born Zara Persil. Now I’m Zara Persil-Pendleton. In college I said that Zara was short for Zarathustra. That’s the kind of pedant I was. While ostensibly I’ve followed my husband Sam on his sabbatical to New York City, I’ve really come to New York to find my...
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