Get your copy now! Bill's new novel is now available. The book, Fog Delay, is a thriller set at San Francisco International Airport. Fog Delay can be purchased at The Best of VC Marketplace (108 N. 10th St., Santa Paula), the Santa Paula Art Museum or Mrs. Figs' Bookworm (93 Daily Dr., Camarillo). Or, it is available as a hardcover,paperback or e-book at www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com and www.xlibris.com.

Bill Nash is a columnist, free-lance writer and photographer based in Southern California. Bill writes a weekly column for the Ventura County Star. The column combines humor, family values and current events to give readers a break from the hard news of the day and perhaps bring a smile or a moment of reflection to soften the world for a moment or two. His column first appeared over 17 years ago and has been running weekly ever since, the last 14 years in the Star.

Bill also writes travel articles and takes photographs to illustrate them. He has published stories from California, Florida, New York, Hawaii, Tennessee, Arizona, Oregon, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Italy, Korea and more.

Also a published author, Bill has written a book, Oil, Orchards and Flames, a history of the fire department in Santa Paula, a small community in Southern California. The book is available online from the publisher, Xlibris (http://www.xlibris.com).

Bill is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

To contact Bill, send an e-mail to: bnol805@aol.com  or visit his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1832539738.

Visit the Ventura County Star to read my column for Sunday, May 20, 2012: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/may/19/it-requires-some-elbow-grease-but-cast-iron-has/

 Links to other recent columns:

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/may/12/my-book-takes-a-dunking-but-my-e-book-keeps-on/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/may/05/broken-shoe-lace-sends-me-on-a-meandering-quest/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/apr/28/ill-never-forget-the-day-los-angeles-burned/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/apr/21/horse-fly-named-after-beyonce/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/apr/14/americans-are-losing-cellphones-at-rate-of-one/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/apr/07/my-shipwreck-casserole-was-not-a-favorite-of-the/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/31/losing-is-not-always-failure-but-lack-of-sure-is/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/17/daddy-theres-a-snake-in-my-kitchen/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/10/its-free-speech-but-i-side-with-stolen-valor-act/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/03/my-smartphone-might-be-smarter-than-me/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/feb/25/i-love-getting-the-mail-so-its-sad-to-see-us/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/feb/18/people-watching-a-favorite-pastime-at-airports/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/feb/11/forget-the-calorie-counter-on-super-sunday/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/feb/04/sad-day-for-kodak/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/28/you-have-plenty-of-choices-in-picking-back-to/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/21/birth-of-grandson-sparks-thoughts-about-his/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/14/johns-hopkins-professors-propose-perpetual/

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/07/new-light-bulbs-save-energy-but-i-dont-have-to2/

This site was updated: May, 2012.   Please take a moment to browse through the Column, Photography and Travel pages by clicking one of the links below.

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Bill Nash Bill is a free-lance photo journalist living in Southern California.	Oil, Orchards and Flames Oil, Orchards and Flames is Bill's first book. It chronicles the history of the Santa Paula Fire Department while tracing the development of Santa Paula through the growth of two historic and important local companies, the Union Oil Company and Limoneira.	Close Encounter There aren't many crocodiles left in Florida, so it's a rare treat to see one. Just don't get close enough to meet one!	Forsyth Park Fountain The Forsyth Park Fountain is one of the most-photographed sites in Savannah, GA.	Water Taxi A water taxi is the fastest way across the harbor in Nassau in the Bahamas.
Idaho Irrigation An irrigation sprinkler makes its way across an Idaho alfalfa field.	Opera House Detail The roof of the Sydney Opera House is designed to represent sails. The opera house sit alongside the harbor in Sydney, Australia.	Union Station Union Station in Kansas City is a beautiful representative of public architecture.	Savannah River The early morning sun lights up a tugboat crossing the Savannah River.

All columns and photos on this site are Copyrighted. © 2009 Bill Nash. All rights reserved.