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Writing in the Age of This…What is This?
To be a writer one needs a thick skin….well if words are to leave one’s house and go to other people’s houses and other people’s computers that is. Last night after an innocuous comment I made on social media –one where I remarked that perhaps it’s not a bad thing when outlying territories of Plumas […]
MoreThe Ten of Swords
I pulled the Tarot card. There it was. The ten of Swords. Mind you lately everything with me is the Devil or the Tower or the Ten of Swords. As if this is my trifecta–my constant reminder that I have not finished my transitions I thought I was making two years ago but am in […]
MoreThree Months Too Long
As I write this my daughter has not seen or heard from her best friend in three months. If you’ve ever been around tween age girls you know this is a life time. There are many tears. Many, many tears. Sunshine did not move away. Nor is she mad at my daughter. I miss her […]
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Library Update
Well there’s good news and bad news on the library front. I’m not too worried about it and I think we will al persevere just fine. Indian Valley Academy and Greenville High School and the districts that run them have decided to dissolve their partnership. My editor did a brief editorial on it: Schools head toward divorce. […]
MoreReading in Quincy on Monday April 3rd (with a poet laureate no less)
Dana Gioia is reading at Quincy Library on April 3 and I’ll be reading with him as well. I’ve never met the poet laureate of California. He vowed to visit all counties and this is Plumas County’s turn at the start of national poetry month. Now what to read…come out if you are in Plumas County!
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Throwing Chanclas 