So, yes, I’m turning 40 in a week, but that doesn’t mean it’s time for the joke cards and gag gifts to start being delivered. I mean, Just for Men? Gray hair? Seriously? This was a joke, right? Right? I’m already imagining the crafty things I can do to these two cards: Guys: Gay hair’s [...]

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Ooof. Long week. But a good one.Started at the second college and also a night class at a writing school downtown. All that and I managed to go to my office and work on my book! This week, amid all of the chaos and driving to and from the schools I got in the mail [...]

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Starting to get crazy busy. I’m at the top of the rollercoaster about to head down. I start teaching at two schools next week and am already teaching at one that started last week. And i’m writing a book. I’m scared. I’m exhilarated. Last night after teaching and then a three hour meeting I came [...]

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<–that’s our Turkey Soap Dispenser I just pulled a pumpkin cream pie out of the oven. I’m thankful for the coming new year. a year of change. A year of hope. A year of dazzling prolificacy. I’m also thankful for this: **this was one of those cheesy products advertised in the sidebar on Facebook. You [...]

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What a great week. I’m loving the two classes i’m teaching: Advanced Composition and Creative Nonfiction (a workshop). In the comp class I focus on Media; we talk about politics, pop culture, movies/TV/music. This week we watched the documentary “The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood” and discussed stereotypes in media. [...]

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I’m enjoying my moleskin diary. I’ve decided to title this diary ’39′ in honor of this being my 39th year. I want to see at the end of April (my birthday) what i’ve written in this year. Last Monday, the 25th, was the first day teaching my Creative Nonfiction class. It was a great first [...]

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Ewww, I just realized the title of this post is kind of icky sounding. No matter. I finished two new postcards for my postcard swap. So i’m feeling good! Here they are. This will be a new series called Dick and Jane. I think. Thoughts?

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This was a very productive weekend, for the most part. I did a ton of grading (finally caught up after the literary event at the college had set me back), took care of my three rapidly growing tomatoes (yes, we have 3 now!), did a little note-taking and fleshing out of a character for my [...]

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Last weekend I made two new postcards that I then sent out to my postcard swap partners (via .post due. and swap-bot). Here are the two cards that went out to Colorado and Seattle. These are from my new Fruit Series. I get the pictures of fruit from those inserts that come in the mail– [...]

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Had a great book group yesterday, discussing The Road. Everyone  brought some really good insight into the book, questions, comments, likes/dislikes. It evoked memories of being in NYC, discussing books with our writer friends. Nice to know we can find a little of that here in San Diego. Also, was feeling creative the last couple [...]

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