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Woody Weingarten

<p>Woody Weingarten, who can be reached atwoodyweingarten.com or&#160;voodee@sbcglobal.net, can&#8217;t remember when he couldn&#8217;t talk&#160;&#8212; or play with words.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>His first poem was published in high&#160;school, but after graduating from college,&#160;he switched to journalism. And whadda ya&#160;know, the bearded guy has used big, small&#160;and hyphenated words professionally ever&#160;since jumpstarting his career in New Yawk&#160;City more than 60 years ago.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>Today, the author of the book Rollercoaster is also a reviewer-critic,&#160;blogger and publisher &#8212; despite allegedly being retired.</p>&#13; &#13; <p>The father of&#160;two and grandfather of three, he and his wife, Nancy Fox, have lived&#160;in San Anselmo, California, for more than three decades. He figures&#160;they&#8217;ll stay.</p>