Author: Charles Francis

I have always enjoyed telling stories about the interesting places I have been and the people I have met. When I began keeping a journal a few decades ago, I was frustrated because my writing style seemed overly contrived and pretentious. It took years of practice for me to develop a more natural written voice. When I retired from a career as a medical photographer in 1987, I began taking creative writing courses at the University of California at Berkeley and later at San Francisco State University. As I read my stories in class, my classmates suggested I publish them to make them known to a larger audience. This collection is a result of their suggestion.