Dave Williams and Anita Garner met in Northern California nearly forty years ago, passing ships in the rocking psychedelic twilight of the 1967 “Summer of Love.”  Dave, a teenage wannabe deejay, was enchanted by the first “chick” he had ever heard on the radio. She was called “Lovely ‘Nita,” (in honor of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album track, Lovely Rita.)  A couple of years later he got the radio job she had recently left behind. Through the years and their separate lives, travels, loves, marriages, and the recent, nearly simultaneous arrival of grandbabies they maintained their friendship and took notes.

Anita Garner is a writer and broadcaster, raised on radio, from her family's shows in the Deep South to a career on the air in California and as the host of nationally syndicated shows. Her commentary, The Way We Live, aired on stations across the country. Today she's a voice for KCET television in Hollywood.  She's working with a director on revisions of her play, The Glory Road, (www.thegloryroad.com) and with a bit of luck, it'll be onstage in a town near you soon. Next comes an adaptation for television. Anita ("Hammy" to her granddaughter, Caedan Ray) lives near the giant redwoods in Marin County, California.

Dave and Carolann Williams live in Southern California just a short drive from their two sons, daughters-in-law and grandsons. (It was the oldest grandson, Isaiah, who dubbed Dave “Bompah.”) Dave is an award-winning playwright who has made his living talking on the radio for nearly forty years. As such he has never had to actually work. He can be heard weekday mornings hosting Southern California’s Morning News on KNX 1070 (AM) in Los Angeles. When he’s not there Dave and Carolann are generally seeing the world in their new motor home.