NOT KEEPING SCORE

Wedesday night (May 30) I’ll be presenting at Pecha Kucha, a showcase for design talent and ideas in San Francisco.
(…I’m getting some help from an architect/designer friend of mine…)
The format of Pecha Kucha is dictated by each presentation — on any topic you like — consisting of 20 slides, 20 seconds each, and it goes […]

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Driving through town today.
Radio scanning, lingers on male a cappella group singing “Star Spangled Banner.”
Stop to listen.
Take a moment to see the stars and stripes flick in the wind out the corner of my eye. Cotati Veterans Memorial.
Listening to the lyrics, never made the Orwell-Buddhism connection before:
“And the rockets red glare
the bombs bursting in […]

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I went to post today, and my blog didn’t recognize me.
At first with the low rumble grows.
Next to a defensive bark, hurt echoing under.
“It’s me!” I soothed. “Hi there, sweetie. Remember me? I write you?’
Starting in with a wimper, scrunched face: “Where the hell have you been?”
I stumble, “oh, geez. Don’t give me that face… […]

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I know.
I’ve been horridly neglectful - know that although we Penngrovians like to take things slowly, there’s been a surprising amount of distraction in this little country bumpkin’s life, resulting in lack of posts: The second annual SlinkyFest was fun and festive; Grandpa’s memoir has kept me busy; I’ve been working on my poetry […]

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