Spring 2025
I thank my Thursday night writing group for creating such a safe space so I might write this. There are a few prompts in here, most notably "heal darkness" which [...]
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Apr, 2025
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Jul, 2024
Hopes on the 4th
Good morning. I’m writing this the day after the U.S. Supreme Court released its bizarre and historically ungrounded opinion giving the former republican president and all future presidents immunity from [...]
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Jul, 2022
Happy 4th
I’m writing this on Monday night, and I just heard the news that 46 people—most likely migrants—were found dead in a trailer near San Antonio, Texas. Last week, Roe v. [...]
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Jun, 2022
Yearning
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: 34 states, a black silk frog, blue silk dress, bruised knees, the strange sensation of of wearing someone else’s clothes, close [...]
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Nov, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
If you and your loved ones are safe and healthy this year, then you have reason to be thankful. Please do all you can to stay that way! The safest thing [...]
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May, 2020
Sheltering-in-Place, part 2
Greetings to everyone who is sheltering in place as I am. How are you? I am fine. There are many things we could complain about—and if that’s what you want [...]
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Apr, 2018
Say His Name
My home town Sacramento has been in the news more often than usual lately. We received a lot of positive press when Greta Gerwig started filming her movies right here [...]
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Jul, 2015
What To Think About Watchman?
First I have to say that I have not yet read Go Set a Watchman. I do intend to read it though; my copy arrived from Amazon yesterday. But the [...]