Announcement… Live Reading in Westwood on September 9th 9 Aug 2019 I will be reading along with several other local authors on Monday, September 9th, at the Westwood Branch Library in West Los Angeles. We are all contributors to this year's…
Announcement Local Exposure 29 Jun 201930 Jun 2019 In this silly new world, "content creators" is an inelegant term that reeks of the business world and its recategorizing of human life as an expendable, much in the way…
Author post… Legs and Literature 25 Nov 201825 Nov 2018 Taking it to the streets...literally. Today I meet, once again, with friends, in the heart of Echo Park, LA's traditional Bohemian district (if such a phrase doesn't rebel against itself).…
Author post The Glory and the Garbage 9 Nov 201814 Nov 2018 Where I used to live, one of our neighbors was an artist who primarily made her living decorating the inside walls of nouveau riche sorts with wall textures and trompe…
Announcement… The End of Something Else 28 Oct 20189 Nov 2018 As some of you may know, I have been working part-time as an "Adult Literacy Coordinator" in the Echo Park branch of the Los Angeles Public Library for the last…
Author post Reading Is a Gift, Not a Purchase 14 Oct 2018 This is a reprint of an article I originally posted in Sustainable City News early in 2016, though I edited it very lightly for Crow Tree. I shall not be…
Announcement… Locals Only: Books & Bikes Meet 12 Jul 2018 Almost every month, on the last Sunday, I join the Street Librarians Ride in central Los Angeles. We meet at a delightful little bookstore and café called Stories, in LA's…
Author post Interview with the Author 25 Jun 2018 The first book I put together was a collection of essays, Our Own Day Here, which comprise explorations of urban life in all of its aspects, from the poetry of…
short story Rain Falls Like Rain 14 Apr 201814 Apr 2018 Here's a short story for you, one of my own favorites.... See more on my Medium site. The rain was steady now. There had been an hour of fury around…
Announcement In the Material World 19 Jan 2018 The picture heading this post shows one of my novels, Family Ties, in the new books display at the Echo Park branch library here in Los Angeles. This means new…
