Saturday, February 6, 2012 was a beautiful day in Orange County, CA, and The Brentwood School held its first Young Women’s Conference called It’s Our Turn. This was organized and lead by young women at the high school, inspired by Maria Shriver’s annual Women’s Conference. Maria served as Honorary Chair. I had the pleasure of… Continue reading Giving Back at a Young Women’s Conference
Month: March 2012
Charlotta Janssen ~ “So Abstract she’s concrete”
~ Anita’s Journal Entry June 1, 2011 Albany, GA :Researching novel at 50th Anniversary of the Southwest Georgia SNCC Movement Tonight after a long day of speeches and panels, a bunch of us left Albany State University’s Hyper Gym for an after party in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn on the banks of… Continue reading Charlotta Janssen ~ “So Abstract she’s concrete”
Interview with author Pam Houston ~
Had fun recently interviewing award-winning author, Pam Houston, at Book Passage in Corte Madera at the start of tour for her new book, Contents May Have Shifted, a novel about the fearless, archetypal Pam’s spiritual odyssey to combine love and freedom. Author Pam’s prose and observations snap, crackle and pop. The Skinny ~ As we… Continue reading Interview with author Pam Houston ~
President Obama in the House!
Boy how time flies. Already a month ago today that I saw President Obama at a reception at Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. At the same reception last April 20th, I volunteered with my buddies, Doreen and Nancy, working the will-call table. This year, I bought a ticket…and stood in that line. Plenty of time… Continue reading President Obama in the House!
Karen Savõca & Pete Heitzman
Here’s one of those times when my native tongue fails me, can’t find words to rightly describe the music of Karen Savõca and Pete Heitzman. I could say earthy, soulful—definitely, but much more. Need to borrow some words from a more expressive language or maybe I can make up a few. I had not heard… Continue reading Karen Savõca & Pete Heitzman