At thirty-five I was in a night club when I met someone doing palmistry, and she told me I had writing talent, but I scoffed and said I could barely write my name, Then I met an astrologer, who did a natal birth chart and she said the same thing, however she elaborated, and told me in no uncertain words I have a flare for creative writing. Again, I scoffed. I just wasn’t ready, and honestly thought I was incapable of writing anything. Then I started a duet with a saxophonist, and we performed many gigs as Charlie Brown and Johnny Kane, A swing duet. At every gig there was more and more booze.