Richard bode author biography

Posted on May 1, 2001

“If every man and woman were to take the meaning of their life and pursue it passionately, they would alter the social landscape overnight. In fact, that's how lasting revolutions are made – not by the raised arm of the masses, not by the military seizure of power, not by the political coup d'etat, but by individuals asserting who they are one at a time.” – Richard Bode, First You Row a Little Boat

In 1969, Richard Bode walked away from a full-time public relations job and became the freelance writer he'd dreamed of becoming. With his children grown and his marriage ended in divorce, he divested himself of most of his possessions and moved to a cottage on a California beach. He settled in, with just a van, a record player, a typewriter, and a few books and clothes. Of course, he worried about how he was going to survive, as he would write later in Beachcombing at Miramar (a shoebox of $20 bills represe