Orange County My father was born and raised in Orange County. My grandfather had been a foreman on an orange ranch. Every five years, just like clockwork, my dad would sign up for 2 weeks of vacation and our family would drive for almost 3 days across the country to visit what my brother and …
Category: Personal Writings
Waveland
New Orleans After my father retired twenty years ago, he bought something we called the “beach house” in Waveland, Mississippi about an hour’s drive from New Orleans. He owned it for a dozen years or so, and finally took his own counsel, decided that the family did not use the place enough to justify his …
Chairman Warren
New Orleans It’s hard not to read the business pages of the daily papers and not know who Warren E. Buffet is. They fawn on his investment strategy. Sometimes they call him the “Oracle of Omaha,” which I guess passes for a complement and high praise. Put wild, crazy money in someone’s hands, especially if …