The summer of 2024 was a strange one for me. I spent it at the Rainbow Gatherings in the Plumas National Forest. I was out there maybe 7 weeks. Here is the irony. My novel was published in 2020 and the primary story unfolds in 1990. A large part of Read more…
I have been teaching Introduction to Humanities: 40,000 BCE to 1400 CE this semester at a community college in San Diego. I was hoping to make this my retirement gig, but it’s tough on many levels. First off, I was only given one class this semester. That works out to Read more…
Save $5.00 on your print copy of Falling From The Moon As we move into the holiday season, I am hoping people will buy copies of my novel, Falling From The Moon. I am not trying to make money. I just want people to read a novel I poured my Read more…
I had hoped that the USA could get over its patriarchy to elect a competent woman president. I had hope that the manners we teach our children would be reflected in the president of our country. I had hoped that the collaboration that builds successful businesses would be reflected in Read more…
This weaving of family stories is told from different perspectives, different voices, and in different versions. Stories told by aunts and uncles, great aunts and great uncles, cousins, and parents. Stories that the grandchildren listen to with big eyes inhaling the family mythology.
For the months of June and July, you can order a discounted print copy of Falling From The Moon for just $10.00 + shipping. Order before June 15th and shipping on 5-25 books is only 99 cents. Use this special link for the special discounted price. Just my way of Read more…
The Lunar New Year is actually a lunisolar holiday in that it is celebrated according to a combination of solar and lunar events. The solar event is the Winter Solstice or the day of the year with the least amount of sun. Typically the Winter Solstice falls on or adjacent Read more…
Anywhere people have lived in forested areas, mythology and folklore about the woods co-exist with humanity. After all, before the internet and CNN, most of us perceived the nature of reality through the material world around us. As Marie-Louise von Franz writes in her classic The Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Read more…
Shadows of the past lay over the present and spill towards the future the way my father’s Estonia obscured and at times illuminated my experience in Estonia. My father’s Estonia was a secret, hidden away space and one I believe that he only let himself dwell on when he drank, Read more…
When thinking about hope, I always think about Emily Dickenson and her poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all – Yet for me hope, is more like the surf. Read more…