My father, Bob Robertson (1928-1995), and brother, Pat, confer on the Sunday NYT crossword, Stinson Beach, California, around 1993. They always made it look easy.
My father, Bob Robertson (1928-1995), and brother, Pat, confer on the Sunday NYT crossword, Stinson Beach, California, around 1993. They always made it look easy.
We’re not all still around but I like to think of us as still together. This was a good day, reunited after chaotic separations, rough seas, relocated suddenly to Sausalito from Santa Fe. I like these guys despite all the strains, each of us needful in big ways, father included. In my mid-70s, Dad and …
Looking through photos for Father’s Day, I found this: Dear not-so-old Dad, Bob Robertson, right, aboard the Adventurous in Sausalito, California, maybe around 1962. I don’t know whether the photo was taken after a late night at the No Name Bar or as the crew prepared the scruffy little schooner to race George Draper, an …