Wheel of Water

By David Baldwin

Wheel of Water

From snow falling on a Los Angeles morning to the glow of a ham radio dial, these pages trace a son's long look at the parents who made, and unmade, a home. Set against mid-century southern California, aircraft carriers and Disneyland. segregated pools and Friday-night fights, this memoir-in-moments captures how memory shifts while feelings stay true. A quiet, razor-sharp father speaks most comfortably in Morse code; a drama-queen mother lifts a martini and fills the room with laughter and sparkling conversation, determined to be the center of every party; three daughters push against patriarchy; and a son observes his parents sliding toward acrimony as he grows older. Tender, wry, and unsparing, this book is a love letter to the messy facts of family and the small weather of a life that still changes us when we read it.

Author Biography

David Baldwin wrote haiku and tanka poetry in his working years as a technical writer. After retirement, he embraced other poetic forms: sonnets, villanelles, terza rima, ballads, and free verse. He even wrote lyrics for church anthems. Wheel of Water is a compilation of poems covering a wide variety of subjects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1807212254
• ISBN13: 9781807212254
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Red Rock Publishers
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.5"