A dash of M.S.G. (Macho Sino Girl)

#6 graphic novel-in-progress: Motion

September 2, 2008

 8 AM  My shadow on the sand. Waiting for a friend for our walk on the beach.  Was stood up.  (Third time with this same individual.)

Poets of Renown I've Met and Read

August 28, 2008

This is in reply to Scott Holstad's post.  Famous poets I've read and met.  You won't find me swooning over film stars o

The Painted Skin: An Olympic Ghost Story

August 26, 2008

From the manner in which the Chinese athletes win and lose, you can see the degree of freedom the people of  the Middle Kingdom truly have.  “The agony of defeat” is far more excruciating if

NO ONE GETS SNUBBED

August 17, 2008

I am ready.  I am so ready.  Dress, check, shoes, check, dj, coq au vin or salmon, name tags of classmates and their spouses, three teachers to honor, the banquet room decorations, check, check,

Trusting Angels

August 15, 2008

Redroom has been so good to do a retrospective of my art and writing this week, but to my horror, I learned that the drawings and paintings have disappear

Steinbeck: Ching-Chong Chinaman

August 6, 2008

laywright, journalist, art historian, Steve Hauk is creating with his art historian wife, Nancy, a Steinbeck show at their gallery,

From Virtual to Flesh and Blood

August 1, 2008

I value my Redroom online friendships.  I see no reason why “virtual” should be considered any less substantial than face-to-face meetings.  It seems you get to the core of the matter without

Redroom Authors: Show Us Your Writing Space(s)?

July 28, 2008

Belle's First Desk at 636 Bush Street.jpg

For years, I've imagined a coffee table book with images of authors' desks and studios.

This Morning with Robinson Jeffers

July 27, 2008

I want to share my morning sketch at poet Robinson Jeffers' Tor House, which he built for his beloved Una out of local rocks hauled up from the beach.  When we first moved to Carmel, we lived a me