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This novel is offered as some kind of a positive, perhaps humorous, read from the perspective of one person among those who experienced something profound and meaningful growing up in the fifties and through total immersion in the sixties. The story begins in America, on the West Coast of California with the Pacific Ocean, and progresses across the Atlantic Ocean to Middle Europe: Vienna, Austria, which is a whole other ball of wax as we will see. The fantasy and imagination can sometimes take you away to someplace special!

It’s a satirical, tongue in cheek story, sometimes including healthy erotic romance — a philosophical, even psychological reflection woven into vignettes of a variety of escapades in a variety of writing styles.

A thank you to all of us who are making the attempt to help bring to fruition a bit of unconditional positive regard: compassion, through various creative outlets as we find ourselves witnessing the dramas of nationalism, religious dogma, politics, violence, the plight of the haves and have-nots, and problematic environmental manifestations while trying to live healthy, normal lives, raise our families, and give something tangible to our kin and our friends of all races, colors, and persuasions.

We haven’t lost our idealism; hopefully we have matured along with our experiences on our various chosen paths with a certain Mindfulness, a spiritual sensibility and awareness that helps us cope and positively influence our “Global Village.”

May we continue to find enjoyment and meaningfulness in our lives . . . Hallelujah!

—Don Rothenberg