MAMLA

The Most Amazing Museum of Los Angeles

Available through BookBaby at https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-most-amazing-museum-of-los-angeles

RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2024

I’ll send you a free copy of my story “Plot Holes” when you sign up for my newsletter. Just follow the link below:

https://margerumwritesfiction.kit.com/f0b8e21e7f

The Shafer family has no idea what adventures are in store when they enter The Most Amazing Museum of Los Angeles. They are quickly separated by pairs in The Howl of Mirrors and thrust into exhibits where they must solve puzzles, brave dangers, restore magic, and even find their way back through time. When they end up in a giant maze they must find one another or risk becoming a permanent display in MAMLA. 

Margerumalia – Some Holiday Fun

Newsletter – December 26, 2025 My brothers and I joke about our mother’s “last minute” gifts on Christmas Day. Younger brother Rich does the best imitation of her sudden squeal when she realized what she forgot to wrap. Christmas morning always lasted for hours as we first ate Mom’s beloved cinnamon rolls, then opened all… Continue reading Margerumalia – Some Holiday Fun

Margerumalia – Gratitude

Newsletter – December 5, 2025 That’s me pushing my snow blower down the length of the driveway—the longest driveway in the neighborhood, thanks Dad—for the second time in one day. The photo credit goes to Debbie who had the good sense to stay inside and take pictures from a warm cozy room. I heard a… Continue reading Margerumalia – Gratitude

Margerumalia – Giving Thanks

Newsletter – November 28, 2025 “We had eight cats,” my wife said, “now we’re down to two! Can you believe it?”  A few days after the four kittens (huddled in the bathroom sink last week) went to The Humane Society, their fifth littermate walked into our cage and spent a night in the same bathroom… Continue reading Margerumalia – Giving Thanks

Margerumalia – The Rest of the Story

Newsletter – November 21, 2025 HEADLINE: He got cuffed after playing the ‘Imperial March’ at National Guard. Now, he’s suing. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/10/star-wars-imperial-march-national-guard-washington-dc-first-amendment/87064239007/] In my October 24 newsletter I invented a phone conversation between a National Guardsman and the DC Metropolitan Police. Turns out that my version of the story is not how the incident played out.… Continue reading Margerumalia – The Rest of the Story

Margerumalia – Getting Ideas

Newsletter – November 14, 2025 Well these weren’t here when I walked down this path on the way to the park. I wonder if someone dropped them or just abandoned them… I wonder.  That’s what I do. I wonder. And ideas begin to take shape.  I showed this photo to my wife—the photographer—and she complimented… Continue reading Margerumalia – Getting Ideas