A double fatality accident on Highway 49 made me late to Pam Houston’s evening reading at Columbia College. I was still thinking about the hot red flares on the road and the line of cars diverted to an alternate route … Continue reading
Pam Houston Glimmers
6423-25 Legacy
When I was six years old, my family moved into a flat on California Street in San Francisco in a building that my dad and his brother had renovated. We lived upstairs in the 3 bedroom flat with a big … Continue reading
Girl Rising- A Review
Because of the efforts of a very smart young woman (Corrina Johnson Lindblom) a screening of “Girl Rising” sold out in my small rural community. The theater was packed with 240 women and a sprinkling of men. It was thrilling to … Continue reading
Family Daze
Last Sunday, Clare and I went to Mass at St. Josephs in Mariposa. During the homily, the priest talked about Blue Monday, a late January phenomena of depression related to the middle of winter, cold, dark days, lots of sickness, … Continue reading
Radical Shift
Every year–and I mean every year for as long as I can remember– I have written my annual goals in January. Last December as the new year approached, I kept reading admonitions about how writing goals is useless. “It doesn’t … Continue reading
