Timeline Stories Archive - Leonard Pitt

I Never Saw This Coming, How My Grandson Changed My Life

louislibert — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:03:15 +0000

I Never Saw This Coming, How My Grandson Changed My Life

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My Brain on Fire

louislibert — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:57:36 +0000

My Brain on Fire

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Letters From My Crazy Uncle

louislibert — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:16:38 +0000

Uncle Arthur and I traded letters weekly for 20 years. His are a riot. His three passions are 1. Getting me married, 2. His finding a woman to either chase after or marry, 3. Fruit. He was an avowed fruitaholic. His fruit raptures are a singular joy.

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Paris Postcards: The Golden Age comes out

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:28:33 +0000

Paris Postcards: The Golden Age comes out. With 1000s of vintage postcards from my own collection I tell how the invention of the postcard in 1869 changed the world.

Available on Amazon, but support your local independent bookstore.

Along with James Donlon opened The Flying Actor Studio in San Francisco offering a full time one year program in the art of physical theatre. The school operated for 3 years.

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Second Paris book comes out in Paris

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:21:52 +0000

Second Paris book comes out in Paris in 2008, in French. In English in 2010.

Available on Amazon, but support your local independent bookstore.

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A Small Moment of Great Illumination

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:17:32 +0000

My book about 17th century Irish healer Valentine Greatrakes is published. A Small Moment of Great Illumination. Went to Ireland every year for 8 years to do research.

Available on Amazon, but support your local independent bookstore.

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Walks Through Lost Paris

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:07:15 +0000

Promenades dans le Paris Disparu comes out in English as Walks Through Lost Paris. I have a one-man show at the Giorgi Gallery in Berkeley featuring the many aspects of my creative life: my photographs, wood carvings, drawings, sculptures, lectures, physical performance.

Available on Amazon, but support your local independent bookstore.

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Create two person show with Ed Holmes, “Fo, Faux Fo & No Fo.”

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:00:51 +0000

A busy year.
Create two person show with Ed Holmes, “Fo, Faux Fo & No Fo.” Directed by Arne Zaslove. Begin work on second Paris book. Create Berkeley Chocolate Club, the only chocolate tasting club in America. NPR does a feature story on the club in 2008.

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First Paris book is published in Paris in French

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:52:06 +0000

First Paris book is published in Paris in French. Promenades dans le Paris Disparu. The book has hundreds of photos of things that no longer exist along with photos of the same spot today. I tell what happened and why. My publisher brings me to Paris and sends me on the media blitz of my dreams. The book becomes a best-seller. The most beautiful words in English: “My publisher in Paris!” Swear to never do another Paris book. Not living in France, it’s too hard. Ha! Just wait.

Available on Amazon.fr, but support your local independent bookstore.

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Create two person show “Seduction”

louislibert — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:05:20 +0000

Create two person show “Seduction” with Ruth Zaporah, directed by Rinde Eckert and Jim Cave.

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