Becoming A Novelist (featuring a salute to Nanowrimo)
I took a leave of absence from my teaching gig to write my first novel. At the time I was burnt out on teaching, but at least when I was [...]
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Nov, 2013
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Nov, 2013
In Memoriam
My friend Craig was the vehicle for a tremendous spirit. This spirit always had a tendency to vibrate faster than other spirits on this planet, and one day last week, it [...]
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Oct, 2013
A Prayer for These Times
The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most beloved stories from the New Testament—not just among Christians, but throughout our western culture. In a nutshell: a man [...]
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Oct, 2013
On Feminism, part 2
Back in the 70s, when we talked about feminism or “women’s liberation,” we talked about very basic issues: equal pay for equal work, equal rights to own property and to [...]
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Oct, 2013
On Feminism
I’m writing this for all the non-feminists out there. Please take a look! My playful suggestion in a recent post that we close all our schools leads me to a [...]
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Sep, 2013
Let’s Do Away With Schools
Years ago, when Sacramento native Dusty Baker was manager of the San Francisco Giants he used to dress up his 3-year-old son Darren in a miniature Giants uniform and let [...]
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Aug, 2013
A Spiritual Master and a Scribe Walk into a Fast Food Restaurant
A few days ago I was in a well-known fast food restaurant chain with my friend Craig. I won’t say which chain it was in order to protect the confidentiality [...]
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Jul, 2013
Good Summer Reads
Marketers would have us believe that summer is the time for books that are light and frothy, suitable for beach or poolside reading. But since I generally didn’t work for [...]
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Jul, 2013
My Favorite Color
My favorite color is green. Specifically blue green, shades of turquoise and aqua. It’s not that I don’t like all the other colors, but I tend to favor green. I [...]
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Jul, 2013
Delta Breeze
After a week where the temperature topped 105 degrees each day with little cooling at night, we are all so grateful to welcome back the Delta Breeze, the delightful wind [...]