If variety is the spice of life, my life was seasoned with more variety than anyone else's that I know. Struggle, joy, poverty, passion, change of scenery, fighting for justice, laughter, extreme sorrow, travel, awards, and many more chapters. I certainly have had a spicy life It's funny, when we get older we can't remember what happened yesterday, yet we remember what happened over sixty years ago A portrait of a life well-lived in Chicago, Phoenix, San Francisco, and San Diego -- with travel to many places around the world.