January 10, 2010 | Posted by admin Who is an Apocalyptic Woman?
The question ran through my head a dozen times – no a triple thousand dozen times – these last months as I went on a selling spree for my book.
I sat at the same red Christmas table cloth in different locations – a bookstore, a library, a yoga studio, a used [...]
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October 7, 2009 | Posted by admin I read stories today.
Not only did I read stories, but I read many of them to a group of kids.
Grades One through Six. I read my little story about the chickadee, an excerpt from “The Black Cauldron”, “Zen Shorts” (a picture book) and even, (upon request) “What the Seasons Bring” (my flash fiction piece about [...]
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September 18, 2008 | Posted by admin There’s a fantastic event in our city called “Story Slam”.
Participants come up to a mike and have five minutes to tell a story. It must be an original story. Judges randomly picked from the audience rate the story from 1 to 10. A final score is given based on the total of the three middle [...]
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July 31, 2008 | Posted by admin (as told in a storytelling competition last summer)
In University, Imran was my best friend. You know how friends bring out the worst and best in people? Well, Imran was my best friend because he was best at bringing out my worst.
The other thing that brings out the best and worst in people is camping. Sharing [...]
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May 17, 2008 | Posted by admin When you first meet the refugee families I’ve worked with – these people who have been witness to horrors of war and unjust persecution – you start off silent. Afraid to ask the questions – and afraid to hear the answers – you offer a smile, a shared laugh, a face to recognize when they [...]
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