NOT KEEPING SCORE

Shannon would like to timidly announce her first “poetry” reading this Thursday, where she will be reading all-original, highly-amateuristic, and ever-questionable poems from her stint in Penngrove.
But seriously, I’m excited to be reading with some local poets and friends I’ve made while living in sleepy Sonoma County. I’ve learned so much about humility, the importance […]

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Heading into my last week before I fly to Vietnam, the nerves were rising: so many things to do before take off! Complete poems for an upcoming poetry reading, finish working on Grandpa’s memoir, get travel visas, get new health insurance, buy gifts for Vietnamese host, pay off credit card (to make room for new […]

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After grooving to Anoushka Shankar in Stern Grove, only the toughest few brave the fierce wind and sandblasts at Ocean Beach for a Sunday afternoon BBQ …nothing more painful than sand in one’s beer ( -Oh, sweet Redhook! -the horror! )
What’s that? Someone forgot the meat? And knives? No utensils: no problem. Us vegetarians […]

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I take a moment with the sea.
A fisherman on the rock is pulling a string in and out of the water like a yo-yo.
I hear him vibrate in his every movement, everyallthings become one. And there the fisherman is - sitting on himself, pulling himself in and out of the water, catching himself that swims […]

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More Stories from Turkey
The first night at Yuva we sat around a small campfire built in the dirt. A., our host, had wrapped potatoes in foil and threw them in the fire for cooking. Moments later, something small and crawling from out of the ground attacks the fire, spins away, paniced behind one of the […]

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Back from Turkey sun-sitting hotly                   drinking          tea along Petaluma river old                            ladies in straw hats and gray-haired men who’ve found second youth                  in bike riding         drinking coffee          (muscles are controlled passion)                           their mean lime spandex leotards bragging about the last sprint across Spring Hill. I: 26       “retired”      smile to spend […]

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Yesterday was my official One Month Until Departure to my next travel adventure: Vietnam and China. The countdown reminded me of what a nice time in my life this is — being home, time to pursue personal projects, friends and family close by, and the joy of being in the Sonoma County for the quiet […]

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…with a Turk. He’s smart, does yoga, and is incredibly handsome. Now I just have to wait 12 years until he’s legal.

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After the two hour yoga class and a hearty Turkish breakfast, many gather around the water to read, slip into the cool waters and glide along with the gentle ocean current; or nap under the slumping pines, hammock-set, to avoid the midday heat.
One student, however, lingers around the burlwood table, slowly going over the contents […]

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