Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

Los Angeles is a sprawl of broken dreams and lost opportunities, disconnected souls and entertainment junkies. The sunny skies and graceful palms don't redeem jammed roadways to nowhere.

Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

All reporters have a stripe of irreverence in their mental makeup. It usually keeps them from turning into toadies, a danger for those who associate, even in an adversarial way, with the rich and powerful.

There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.

One of the fruits of longevity is establishing a reputation you may not deserve.

Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.