Celebrating 7 years of blogging!
Tag: Peach Seed Monkey
Celebrating 4 Years!
Wooo–whooo!! THANKS to YOU—devoted Followers—this blog is 4 years old! To celebrate I’m launching a new feature: IN A NUTSHELL: an audio blogcast where I will share my writings, research interviews ~ and what not. This first episode is a revised version of the pages I read on Friday, October 23 at Rant & Reverie, a fundraiser for Novato (CA)… Continue reading Celebrating 4 Years!
Upcoming Reading ~ This Friday, Oct. 23 in Novato
Hello All…long time no see, but I’m back with good news: I’ll be reading from the homestretch draft of my novel, Peach Seed Monkey, this coming Friday here in Novato, CA. I hope you locals can come out and join the Rant & Reverie to raise money for the renovation of Novato Theatre. Update ~ Early last… Continue reading Upcoming Reading ~ This Friday, Oct. 23 in Novato
I Believe
‘Tis the season. (Written December 29, 2011) A few nights ago my husband Rob was watching the movie version of Chris Van Allsburg’s classic children’s book, The Polar Express (creepy animation, but I love the book). I caught the tail end when the boy holds up the bell and says, “I believe, I believe!” and… Continue reading I Believe
The First Bite
America has a multitude of best-kept secrets. The Albany Georgia Civil Rights Movement is one of them. It started in the fall of 1961. I was seven years old, and my late sister, Betty, was just shy of twelve.To my knowledge our late parents—like most of the more than 20,000 blacks in Albany at the… Continue reading The First Bite