Safe at Home

When I take communion (ritualized cannibalism) tears come to my eyes. This happens because during that rite I remember that the two thousand year old man (sorry Mel Brooks) whom I believe (in some way I can't explain) to be the Son of God (Whom I also can't explain) instructed His followers (one of whom I have become) to symbolically drink His blood (sorry Bela Lugosi) and eat His body (sorry Jeffrey Daumer) and by doing so to become a part of Him. I find that deeply moving . . . .

Orson Bean is a well-known humorist, actor, and writer. He has had four books published. The first, Me and the Orgone, is still in print after over forty years. He is an experienced writer and has nine grandchildren who will one day want to know the story of his life. He lives in Southern California with his wife, actress Alley Mills (who played the mother on the highly praised TV series The Wonder Years).