Leading up to a City Council hearing on August 1st to dedicate Rose Creek a a park, many media outlets covered the issue. I was heart broken that San Diego City Council, despite multiple opportunities, declined to include park dedication for Rose Creek as part of the Balboa Avenue Station Read more…
For those of you who know me, you know I was a participant in the Full Moon Circles at Black’s Beach primarily in the 1990s, but also in the early 2000s. A local filmmaker made this wonderful documentary, including excerpts with yours truly, on Black’s Beach. It’s now available on-line. Read more…
In my spare time, I’m the executive director for the Friends of Rose Creek, a community group in San Diego focused on protecting, restoring, and enhancing lower Rose Creek. Currently, we are advocating for the City of San Diego to dedicate as a park, the portion of Rose Creek downstream Read more…
San Diego Audubon has undertaken a feasibility study to look at restoring wetlands at the mouth of Rose Creek in Mission Bay and reconnecting Rose Creek to the Kendall-Frost Marsh. The Friends of Rose Creek, a community group located in Pacific Beach and Clairemont, support Audubon’s ReWild Mission Bay scientifically Read more…
I spent Memorial Day weekend painting my kitchen cabinets. First time I have painted kitchen cabinets and it is so much work. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Every muscle in my body ached. Plus I have a big kitchen with lots of cabinets and drawers Read more…
The Fates and Graces Mythologium: a conference for mythologists The Mytholo-what? Mytholo-gium. Think Plato’s symposium meets mythological studies. A gymnasium for the mythic mind. The Mythologium is a space where scholars of mythology can gather to share their work and spark inspiration through panels, presentations, and social gatherings. When and Read more…
The 2019 American Academy of Religion (AAR) National Conference is taking place in San Diego, November 23-26, 2019. Guess who is presenting a paper? If you guessed Karin Zirk aka me, you guessed correctly. I will be presenting on a panel called “Denial in the Midst of Cultural Crisis: Psychological Read more…
Dime Stories was started in South Park sometime in the 21st Century, by local San Diego author Amy Wallen, who I have known since we took a writing workshop together in the old Writing Center on Island Avenue in Downtown San Diego. Now managed by my community college days Spanish Read more…
Earlier this month I said goodbye to my long-term friend, home, traveling companion, and coolest step-van ever. I had the step-van for 22 years, which is longer than the average marriage lasts so saying goodbye wasn’t easy. I felt as if I had experienced a death in the family for Read more…
Every year, the Friends of Rose Creek partners with I Love A Clean San Diego to get trash out of the creek. We’ve been doing this for fifteen years now and have averaged four tons of trash per year. Now some years it was more and some it was less. Read more…