Anne Hedonia

 Anne Hedonia A memoir  2,710 words      I didn’t know that Anne had died until I saw a notice in the classifieds that her condo in Montecito was in foreclosure. My first emotion was schadenfreude: hah, she couldn’t keep up with the payments! But it turned out that she stopped making payments because she was […]

Mr. Blondo

Mr. Blondo by Colin Campbell 2,059 words      I never met a billionaire until my niece married one.      The reception was up in Mission Canyon at the Rockwood venue of the Santa Barbara Women’s Club. The ballroom was mostly empty; a couple workmen were setting up a 16-foot TV screen on the stage. Outside […]