Garden Bounty in July
My grocery bill has dropped significantly. The reason? Squash. I have so much squash right now, it’s not even funny. The zucchini plants are probably producing a zucchini a day at the point. If I leave them go, I end…
Literary Spam
I got Jane Austen-ish spam in my e-mail box this morning: Lady Amanda Williams. 52 Oxford Street, England. Here writes Lady Amanda Williams, suffering from cancerous ailment. I was married to Sir Richard Williamsan Englishman who is dead. My husband…
Article(s):Ancient Mariner and Bride Wore Green
I have a couple of articles coming out. In the most recent issue of Bay Nature, I wrote an article looking at the Pacific leatherback turtle. This amazing turtle–the biggest turtle in the world, in fact–migrates through the Bay Area…
Article: ICE Raids
I have an article in the most recent North Bay Bohemian on ICE’s raids of Marin County apartment complexes. If you haven’t heard, ICE is sweeping Bay Area apartment complexes to arrest illegal immigrants, but they are also using the…
Article: Powder-puff girls
Are our cosmetics safe? Some people say no. Increasingly, experts are looking to the chemicals in make-up for the answers to cancer rates and other health problems. Personally, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about–especially if you don’t wear…
Come See Us Read
Dear Friends, I hope you can make it to the Word Pirates reading tomorrow night. Marcia and I have been working really hard to make it awesome. I will be reading an essay. Here are the details: Petaluma, Calif., May…
Article: Madness: A Bipolar Life
My book review of Marya Hornbacher’s Madness: A Bipolar Life is up at PopMatters. Excerpt: In 1998, Marya Hornbacher wrote Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, about an eating disorder so severe, she whittled herself down to 52 pounds…
The Prettiest Thing In My Office
After about 4 years, my spider plants are finally reproducing. The blossoms look like a cross between an orchid and a jasmine blossom.
Article(s): Anne Lamott and Billy Collins
I have the cover story in the Pacific Sun this week. I interviewed novelist Anne Lamott and playwrights Laurel Graver and Ann Brebner about the adaptation of Lamott’s novel, Hard Laughter, into a play. I really enjoyed writing this one–all…
Bedspread Done!
Once I painted the guest room, I began the search for a comforter or duvet for the bed in there. I discovered that comforters are: a. Expensive b. Ugly The ones I liked were, without exception, over $230–a good deal…