Archive for January, 2009

Just a reminder that I have a short but very cool little book tour coming up next week in the San Joaquin Valley, from February 5th through 7th. This will be the last of the series of Stolen Boy talks, and we’ll be covering a plethora of subjects as they relate to Stolen Boy, Alpha [...]

It was a surreal day today at the Ventura County Courthouse as I made my way into Department 14 for what was scheduled to be Brandon McInerney’s preliminary hearing. But it didn’t go off, as I figured it might not, because Brandon’s attorneys were experiencing delays in getting their appeal filed, and they needed more [...]

Brandon McInerney’s youthful life takes another wild twist this coming Monday where his preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place regarding his alleged murder of fifteen-year-old Larry King. As I understand it, the prelim will not proceed due to the fact that the defense team is filing a writ to appeal the judge’s recent denial [...]

Catherine Saillant of the Los Angeles Times wrote this wonderful piece centering on the need to give Brandon McInerey a chance to turn his life around. The Ventura County District Attorney claims that because of the nature of the crime, Brandon must be punished to death – ie he must go to an adult men’s [...]

I found this very interesting piece in the Santa Barbara-Goleta Nooshawk.com that I thought you might be interested in. I wonder if this means that the attorneys don’t want me to publish the medical records that they’re talking about, that Santa Barbara County Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen gave to me way back when [...]

In The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle gives a new spin to my understanding of what compassion is all about, and I wanted to share it with you. According to Eckhart, compassion is the awareness we have of the deep bond between all living things and ourselves. But there are two sides to this bond. On [...]

Please find below a wonderful piece written by Lisa Osborne at Lisa.fm, and posted by the Ventura County Star, during our last session for Transformational Third Thursdays. We very much look forward to seeing you tonight at Bank of Books in Ventura, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., for a New Year of transformation into love, joy, and [...]

As posted by the Ventura County Star: Bank of Books has teamed with a local award-winning novelist to offer a yearlong series of transformational workshops and book study group at the Ventura bookstore. Titled “Transformational Third Thursdays,” the series kicks off on Thursday, January 15th with a discussion about “Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose,” based [...]

This is a follow-up piece by one of our newest, prized contributors, Cari Barichello, a mother, activist, supporter of Tyler and other troubled youth, and administrator for Justiceforjuveniles.org, who has her own thoughts and suggestions following Tyler Edmonds’ ordeal. Please read her wonderful commentary below, and tell us your thoughts on the issues raised: Tyler Edmonds enjoys [...]

This is a repost from a very special day with a very special friend, and with pics too. Doesn’t get any better than that, does it? This post was getting so many readers attention that I had to go back and read it again, and then I decided to repost it because of the way [...]