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By age 40, Burleigh, who had served as city attorney for seven years and would go on to serve 22 years on the bench in Monterey County, considered himself “overworked, overweight, and overdue for a heart attack.” He accepted advice to trade wingtips for running shoes and got moving. ....
"Pine Grove," released this month by Park Place Publications, is a true story about fictional characters. Which is an easier way to write about unspeakable loss, particularly when trying to weave in hope and healing as the warp and weft of the tale. Honestly, though, there's nothing easy about it. ....
"I am fascinated by the enormity of books written by Pacific Grove residents, many of them about this one small town that once was hardly on the tourist map but now is," said Publisher Patricia Hamilton, who moved to town in 1990 but was preceded 100 years by her great grandparents. ....
This past spring, Burleigh, a retired judge, retired columnist, retired marathon runner, and one of the least retiring personalities among the cast of characters in his Big Sur community, released his book, “Big Sur. . .Awesome.” ....
In reminiscing about her childhood by the sea, Kirsten Tarman, a mother of twin daughters, now grown, and married to military officer Jean-Paul Tarman, who had returned to her hometown after years abroad, carried a vision of a children's story she felt compelled to write. Basing the book on her own dogs, “Olly,” a Poodle-Schnauzer mix, and “Lucille,” also a Schnauzer mix, she developed her storyline. She collaborated with Paws 'n Prints Photography. She discovered Michigan-based illustrator Scott Zelazny online, who could soften the photographs into illustrations. And she worked with Patricia Hamilton of Park Place Publications in Pacific Grove, to turn the elements of her vision into a book, "Olly and Lucille's Adventure in Carmel-by-the-Sea." ....