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Officially Old In The Real World; Forever Young In Paris

Posted on January 2, 2014 by ronbase — 2 Comments

I didn’t used to be officially old, but now I am. If you are going to get old anywhere, it is best to do it in Paris, because Paris is ageless, and in Paris you are forever young. My wife…

“Ron, I didn’t Even Know Rock Was Gay…”

Posted on March 20, 2013 by ronbase — 5 Comments

At one point in my (largely) misspent professional life, Doubleday, the New York publishing giant, wanted me to write as-told-to autobiographies. That is, the famous author would tell me the story, and I, the unknown writer, would write it. None…

The Puzzle Without A Solution

Posted on August 6, 2012 by ronbase — 2 Comments

I remember the day clearly. Fifty years ago, in the time when news still arrived in newspapers, the afternoon edition of the Toronto Telegram fell onto our small town Ontario doorstep reporting that Marilyn Monroe, age thirty-six, had been found dead at…

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