For 20 years Robert DeLoyd had lived peacefully aboard his 26 foot sailboat tied to a mooring in Redondo Beach California. Having to vacate his mooring, but wanting to be near nature, he moved to the high desert in 1997. He then wrote a small weekly column in the local newspaper for 11 years. He is amazed at the life out where he lives, the folks he calls his friends, and is excited to share them with you, even the fictional ones!