Golden Dreams

January, 1994

In the Spring of 1953, I was leading the secret life of Walter Mitty: I was the mild-mannered 27-year-old circulation director for Children's Activities who imagined himself editor and publisher of a sophisticated men's magazine called Stag Party. In the office at Children's Activities, the editorial staff, mostly middle-aged women, oohed and aahed at my snapshots of baby Christie while I fantasized about sexy Sweetheart of the Month pictorials.Wherever I earned a paycheck, my modus operandi rem...