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One of my closest friends in the world, my former business partner, and the publisher of my novel passed away in December 2020. A community organizer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, writing instructor, writer, and feminist, Jennifer Simpson, MFA, connected people from diverse backgrounds because she believe in the goodness of Read more…
The Local Author Program highlights the intellectual and creative accomplishments of writers in the San Diego region and is presented for reading interest as well as the opportunity to highlight the diverse and abundant talent we have locally. A centerpiece of the Local Author Program is the Local Author Showcase. Read more…
The past week has been a week of failures. Problems with computers at work I couldn’t solve, two missed meetings, one of which was the local author’s showcase and I was one of the featured local authors. By the time Friday night came along, I felt like the biggest failure Read more…
The culture wars are alive and well. We see it on the news, on social media, and in our own communities. Civil discourse has disappeared and been replaced by beliefs so divergent that they all can’t be true. Under the screaming and yelling, myths are working on us. Beliefs so Read more…
Today is a great day! Thank you to all the women who came before and tried to break this barrier. Today is a day of celebration for women everywhere. #VPKamalaHarris Full
The events of the last few weeks and twenty-twenty in particular have made me much less forgiving of other people’s selfish behavior. I’m starting to feel like I don’t want to be around “those people.” Who are “those people?” People who don’t believe the pandemic is real; people who support Read more…
When I was young I lived in San Francisco in a Rastafarian commune. In 1978, we were producing concerts in an old Jewish synagogue at Geary and Fillmore we call the Temple Beautiful or 1839 Geary. To one side of us was the Fillmore West where Bill Graham ran the Read more…
I can’t believe it’s been exactly one year since Falling From The Moon was published. The year started out normal enough with a debut event at my grad school alumni reunion in January. After that there were great book events planned. The Writers Festival and the San Diego Union Tribune Read more…
What have I learned in 2020? Gratitude for a roof over my head, food in the cupboards, a paycheck, and my community that has pulled together in new and exciting ways to be the change for which we have been waiting. I learned, though I did not want to, that Read more…