The degree I’m working toward is a PhD in Creative Writing. But what is my dissertation about? Draft Abstract This…
This week I’m attending the Kauai Writers Conference to take a “master class” called “Bringing History to Life.” This entails…
Photo by Shelley Bates In a town that was as much about stasis (“We’re going to be immortal!”) as about…
Today is October 17—the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that destroyed our house in 1989. Which leads rather…
Irvin B. Fisher and bear, collection of the author. Photographer unknown. Animals were a feature of life at Holy City.…