health, happiness, love, longevity, peace, prosperity, and safety: Surviving the luxury of Silicon Valley

An artist who gave up on poverty, and ended up in high tech. An 11-year-old daughter whose only frame of reference is the luxury of Silicon Valley. A marriage that has evolved into the business of maintaining a family. My fictional memoir of growing up in an itinerant military family, migrating from the lingering economics of The Great Depression to the narcotic comforts of Silicon Valley, trying to maintain some pulse in a creative life, the constant détente of marriage, the unexpected rewards of fatherhood, and the struggle to succeed in the most critical aspects of parenting.