Been wanting to do something crafty lately. Paint. Collage. Make soap. Make something. I get restless when I haven’t created something in a while. Not that writing isn’t creating but a novel is such a long process that I need to feel that I’ve finished something, you know? A couple of weeks ago Ted and [...]

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Those who know me know that I LOVE postcards– well, vintage postcards anyway. And, making my own. (more samples on my Flickr page to the right–>) Sometimes my friends, like Peter and Jess, give me old postcards they find or old family postcards–especially Jess, whose family seems to have thousands of them. here’s one.  don’t [...]

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Ted and I are in the process of moving from La Jolla to Azalea Park. When I say in the process I mean we are: Stressing Thinking about packing Stressing Worrying about having enough money to survive this summer Stressing Collecting Boxes for packing It’s a beautiful neighborhood and gorgeous house so here’s hoping it [...]

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School’s out for about three weeks (well, ok, I have to go back for one day to give a final exam), so i’m getting some sleep, seeing friends, making meals (just made this incredible curry pasta dish–thanks Felicia!), and trying to be crafty. Made these Thank You cards– some of which will be/are going out [...]

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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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Heading to Utah tomorrow, but spent Sat. and Sunday in Las Vegas seeing the family. Today I went to the Atomic Testing Museum. Very strange. Very fascinating. In the museum there was a 13 minute movie about the Atomic Bomb and Testing in Nevada. They must have put speakers or something under the floor and [...]

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The Feb. 9-16th issue of The NewYorker has a fascinating essay, Another Country, by Claudia Roth Pierpont about James Baldwin’s trip to Istanbul in the early 1960s. There is a new book out about this journey and about his later life (James Baldwin’s Turkish Decade, by Magdalena J. Zaborowska) that the essay essentially reviews– a [...]

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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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I’m hoping for a new year of creativity, much reading and more writing, a year of change, of equality, of compassion and respect, of peace, of prosperity. Jackophobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, Jack is watching you Hope With Dick and Jane (postcard made by me, Nov. 2008) Me and Ted, July 2008 And finally, [...]

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“I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn’t know, I held opportunity.” –Hazel Lee This year, in my effort to not spend a lot of money I decided to make gifts–hence the jam. Another gift [...]

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