American Nationalism was expressed in the Road Trips you took with The Woman You Love. In 1970 I drove my 1950 Dodge Coronet to the top of our mountain that I found the name of, but lost. When we got to a point in the road that looked down on the Russian River, I took a quick glance at one of the most beautiful women in the world. She has been by my side for a month. We were going back to our campsite. We lived in a white canvas tent that had been set up in Morocco. On top is tied a single bed mattress we just bought from a woman holding a yard sale. This is the Acme of the California Dream.

I cooked Rena breakfast every morning, and stared into her eyes. Her three older sisters were models, and wanted to get her into modeling. She did…