Doris O'Brien is a retired college Speech teacher and banker. She has published two books of humor (Up or Down With Women's Liberation and Humor Me a Little) and for many years contributed light verse to the Pepper 'n Salt column of the Wall Street Journal. She is an avid writer of letters to the editors.
Doris celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in the same year she welcomed her first grandchild. She now lives in Pasadena with a great view of the San Gabriel mountains — and the annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
She can be reached by e-mail: witsendob at (@) gmail.com
While Most Small Towns Languish, Some Flourish
The Riding the Beast Exhibit: The Train That Carries Central American Migrants Across Mexico
New On The Streets: Drug For Nerve Pain Boosts High For Opioid Abusers
Large-scale Oil and Gas Development and Proposed Mines on Public Lands