Dear Abby: I’m almost an adult now, starting to think about having children and a good marriage of my own. But I have a disturbing childhood memory I have never been able to erase. When I was 6 or 7 and staying at my grandparents’ house, and my grandmother would go outside to check the mail or water the flowers, my grandfather would try to put his hands on my private parts. He wouldn’t speak a word to me EVER, even if she was around.

Hey Mick: Just wondering if there’s anything that breaks the mood for you when watching a movie, whether it’s a break in continuity or something else. A curly phone cord in a ’40s film always annoys me. Trivial, perhaps, but you’d think they could get it right.Tom Hulsey, Walnut CreekHey Tom: The thing I notice most often is music.

Seen here fromleft to right: ViolinistMira Wang,pianistVanessa Perez,actorBill Murray, and German cellistJan Vogler. Seen here fromleft to right: ViolinistMira Wang,pianistVanessa Perez,actorBill Murray, and German cellistJan Vogler.

Some poems are shouted from rooftops, others are whispers in the mind. August Kleinzahler’s “Peaches in November” fits the latter category as it monitors developments so local the reader feels ushered into his room or back yard. The poem is about the passage of time and how the speaker’s attention to the thudding peaches erases his awareness of it.

The Pathway Home in Napa Valley’s Yountville is an independent residential treatment facility featured in “Thank You for Your Service.” The Pathway Home in Napa Valley’s Yountville is an independent residential treatment facility featured in “Thank You for Your Service.” Christine Loeber, above, is the executive director of the Pathway Home, which has helped many veterans like Marine Jack, right, cope with combat stress.

Bluegrass musician Laurie Lewis will cap a long tour with a performance at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage on Saturday, Nov. 25. Raised mostly in Berkeley, multi-instrumentalist Lewis has been a bandleader and ... more Bluegrass musician Laurie Lewis will cap a long tour with a performance at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage on Saturday, Nov. 25. Raised mostly in Berkeley, multi-instrumentalist Lewis has been a bandleader and recording artist on the world stage.

Here is a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle’s archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.Dec.2: The new owners of the San Francisco Giants acted swiftly yesterday to put their mark on the team by firing manager Roger Craig. Peter Magowan said he phoned Craig to inform him of the decision. On a sunny December afternoon Safeway Chairman Magowan met with reporters at Candlestick Park, pledging to field a “competitive and exciting team.

Charlie Yin sticks his neck out to go in a new direction as Giraffage Giraffage, a.k.a Charlie Yin, who released his debut full-length album, “Too Real,” in October, is set to play the Fillmore on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Giraffage, a.k.a Charlie Yin, who released his debut full-length album, “Too Real,” in October, is set to play the Fillmore on Tuesday, Nov. 21.

I’ve been doing this column thing for a while now, and it may be time to accept one of those offers from publishers who are eager to compile the columns into a best-selling book. And I might, as soon as the first offer rolls in.Maybe they’re hesitant because they looked into the history of my first book, “Kids, Dogs and Other Pests,” which was released worldwide about seven years ago.

Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im are co-owners of the Et al. etc. gallery which features a video work by Johanna Billing and drawings by Betty Bailey. Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im are co-owners of the Et al. etc. gallery which features a video work by Johanna Billing and drawings by Betty Bailey. Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im are co-owners of Et al. etc., a gallery showing work by Johanna Billing and Betty Bailey, in the Mission District. Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im are co-owners of Et al. etc.