Jean St. Hill

Jean St. Hill

I met Jean in 1987.  She had a fascinating family history.  Her late husband, Thomas Nast St. Hill, was the grandson of the famous caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast.  Nast was the creator of our modern version of Santa Claus.  He also created the...
The Crooked Tree

The Crooked Tree

“Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without Improvement are the roads of genius.” William Blake     On Highway 128 just before the newly built Mountain House Estate, there is a crooked tree that stands near the point of...
Doctor Harold Robinson

Doctor Harold Robinson

My first office as an investment adviser was upstairs in the old Lisbon-Paoli Hotel building.  Doctor Harold Robinson was one of my first clients.  He bounded through the door in his characteristic style with a sly smile on his face and asked how business was going. ...