

The True Story of How My Mother Met Chief White Feather (and inspired a novel)
By Leonard Wibberley First Published in The Los Angeles Times on January 28, 1952 8/9/26 Vintage family photographs of Sinaid Wibberley as a young mother and, many decades later, in Florida. Chief White Feather is nowhere to be seen in the second photograph—but Sinaid might have insisted otherwise. White Feather, a chief of the Algonquian Indians, who was said to have come to England as part of Pocahontas’s retinue, died somewhere in the middle of the 17th century, a “histori


A Happy Father’s Day Story
By Kevin Wibberley, Leonard's son 6/14/2025 Leonard and his son, wearing matching shirts I have enjoyed being a father and I enjoy being...


Leonard’s Tax-Time Meltdown
By Leonard Wibberley First Published in The Daily Breeze on March 23, 1980 4/12/2025 Who knew filling out forms could be so… taxing?...


The Last King of Ireland
By Leonard Wibberley First Published in The Daily Breeze on August 9, 1981 2/22/2025 Once, as I have told you before and I am sure you...


My Old Friends, Collective Nouns
First Published April 19, 1981 I have been thinking of our old friends—the collective nouns—and trying to come up with a few that are...


My Ghost Story
By Leonard Wibberley First Published May 15, 1979 9/29/2023 Happy Halloween There has been, all things considered, a paucity of ghosts in...


Baseball Is More than Just a Game
By Leonard Wibberley First Published June 14, 1979 3/29/2023 Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles The other day I went to Dodger Stadium with two...


Long-Lost Wibberley Found After Long Search
By Leonard Wibberley First Published December 19, 1949 10/16/2022 I was sitting on the rim of the Los Angeles Times copy desk, trying...


Another Midlife Crisis
By Leonard Wibberley First Published November 12, 1981 10/6/2022 I passed my midlife crisis the other day and, now that it’s gone, I...


The Trouble with Research
By Leonard Wibebrley First Published February 12, 1981 10/6/2020 I have a silver pocket watch which once belonged to my friend Julian...
























