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Tag: writing

December 10, 2015

California Writing…Surfing to Nirvana, Baby!

It’s official, my car is a Californian!  Am I? I haven’t wanted to jinx it by actually putting it out into the ether, but another ticked box this week on the road to buying that house near the seals in Moss Beach, wahoo!  We’re scheduled (crossed fingers) to close escrow at the end of January, […]

Posted in Writing, Settling in CA. Tagged buying a home, California living, cliff diving, writing. 1 Comment
November 2, 2015

Rain! and Realization.

Like a miracle, we were wakened by wet stuff beating down on the metal clad air conditioner so thoughtfully  placed in the wall next to our bed in Faculty housing.  As most everyone knows, California is in the midst of an historic 4-year drought…parched yellow grasses, trees shedding autumn leaves in August, exhortations to Conserve! […]

Posted in Rain, Writing. Tagged Anna Deveare Smith, Bay area, Rain, writing. Leave a comment
October 20, 2015

OWC Endings and Beginnings, Happy and Sad…

I graduated! As thrilled as I am to say that I’m now the proud owner of a Certificate in Novel Writing from the Stanford online writing program, more than any other graduation in my life I’ve much sadness, too. My fellow cohort members are remarkable artists, friends, supporters.  These few dozen women (and Roy!) cheered […]

Posted in Uncategorized. Tagged #amwriting, Northern California, novel, OWC, writing. Leave a comment
September 2, 2015

On an Explore…

So, here we are.  What an extraordinarily beautiful place, almost an assault on my sensibility. I seem to be in a constant state of awe, especially on our weekends road trips; the week days are for grounding-time, or at least an attempt at some kind of regularity and routine.  If there could be such a […]

Posted in Explore. Tagged Explore, Northern California, writing. Leave a comment

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