Posts Tagged Under Mill Valley
Micky Dolenz and Midnight Rides
Fresh material from a former Writing Mama, Cynthia Rovero.
My tumultuous years as a teenager attending Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley were full of secret experiences too shameful to share with family members. This includes remaining as tight lipped as my conscience allows with my children too. I sometimes find myself hinting at my past with tip-of-the-iceberg secret stories from that shady time of my life.
One such episode began like this: at the age of 14, while walking home from high school, a beautiful African American lady, about five years older than me, pulled up beside me in a blue mustang to offer me a ride. I hopped in and embarked on some wild adventures with Chantrelle, my randomly found new friend. Continue… »
By Cynthia RoveroA Special Bicycle
Someone stole my boy’s bike.
Fortunately, a friend has loaned us one until we buy another, but that bike! I bought it when Dane was 2 – the future rider he’d become, just a pedaling speck in my mind.
That bike inspired a 5-year-old’s self-reliance that would’ve made Emerson proud.
All summer long, we rode, first in circles around the playground; then, into Sausalito or along the Bay Trail between Marin City and Mill Valley.
By Anjie Reynolds
