Randy-Author on India

       Peg and I often told each other that it was better to go to India from Southeast Asia than the United States; and it seems reasonable that that was true after we experienced the neglect and poverty of India.   India has no doubt changed from when we were over there in the early seventies.   [...]

Playwrights Foundation-Magic Theatre in Danger of Closing

Magic Theatre in Danger of Closing
Donate now to save this great new play theatre!
       The Magic, a preeminent theatre devoted to the production of new plays, has announced that it needs to raise $350,000 by January 9th to avoid closure. The Magic Theatre’s survival is essential to maintain the Bay Area as a vital home [...]

From E. J. McGill on E. J. McGill-new non-fiction book, BLACK TUESDAY OVER NAMSI, A TRUE HISTORY OF THE EPIC AIR BATTLE OF THE KOREAN WAR

         Although Black Tuesday has received five 5-star ratings by independent reviewers on Amazon, they’ve had a hard time keeping it  in stock.   The surest way to order is by calling 1-800-876-6103.

Randy-Author on running away

      Daddy Carder, my grandfather, loved to travel.   I could say I got my own travel bug from him.   I could say that, but all the times I saw him he was confined to a small store he couldn’t leave or a bed he couldn’t get out of.   On his last trip, he broke his [...]

Jean Gietzen-a new edition an old book

     Jean Gietzen has a new edition of an old book out from Xulon Press.  The book is entitled A PEOPLE SET APART and contains some of the original work as well as a new piece or two.  Church members engaged in Bible studies will appreciate this lighter look at Gospel events and characters.  The [...]

Randy-Author on living with the choices we make

      Old times, memories, choices: they have more to do with the present than one might think.   My wife Peggy and I had just, after two years, left Manila when Lino Brocka first started making movies (because of her white skin, Peggy played the Virgin Mary in one of Lino’s dramas on live national television).   [...]

Reena Famy Digo-a tribute to an eminent Filipino film, television, and stage director, Lino Brocka

      Note by Randy Ford: Lino was a close friend.  He gave so much…and among other things, he gave my wife and me a puppy named PETA and two chicks named Chitty-Chitty and Bang-Bang (the dog and the chicks were named by Lino); both chicks suffered a violent deaths: PETA killed one and the other drowned [...]