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Suddenly I know what my memoir’s about

Posted by on Apr 2, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

It came to me out of the blue after long thought why I should write a memoir and what it should be about. I am so excited now. I want to...

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What would I do if I had enough money?

Posted by on Mar 20, 2012 in Blog, Money, Writing Workshops | 1 comment

Sitting on the john reading some story in the New Yorker and fighting off bullshit thoughts of jealousy and rage and and class resentment...

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This WordPress Web site was driving us nuts but now I think we’re getting the hang of it sort of at least maybe a little bit

Posted by on Mar 20, 2012 in Blog, Wordpress | 0 comments

Everything used to be easy for me. Maybe I was picking only the easy things, like playing guitar and writing. Stuff came easily. I was...

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Reflecting on the workshops (Dreaming Aloud)

Posted by on Mar 18, 2012 in Blog, Online Writing Workshops, Writing Workshops | 0 comments

I find it hard not to work. It’s a Sunday afternoon, Norma and I spent a leisurely brunch time at Zuni with our friend Karen Croft,...

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OK, I kinda still love San Francisco

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Get on the bus in the rain and sit up front in the handicapped and old peoples benches and a guy says nice hat. He’s wearing a white...

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Now I have to write about this

Posted by on Mar 11, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

So grandeur is vital and without it you shrivel up so last night we ate potluck after the concluding workshop and then OK this morning...

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I’m Romneyed out. I’m Newted.

Posted by on Jan 26, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Enough already. Anything would be better than this! Anything! Even Jan Brewer!

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First, do not see Hugo in 3D. Second, obey all traffic signs

Posted by on Dec 22, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

And if you do go see Hugo and then make an illegal U-turn in front of an angry black SUV, be sure to use the proper hand signal. But first,...

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A romantic wedding tale, or, how the Creative Getaway was born

Posted by on Dec 15, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

Norma and I got married in September 1993 at the Cliff House in San Francisco, right there at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, looking out...

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My shoe caught on fire. Seriously, my shoe caught on fire!

Posted by on Dec 9, 2011 in Blog | 1 comment

So my wife Norma, our friend Karen Croft and I go to eat at Outerlands, our favorite restaurant that just happens to be in our Ocean Beach...

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