Blog Posts

  • Catching up

    It’s been a long time since I’ve posted. Yesterday afternoon the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale gave our Spring concert. It was exciting and beautiful and I’m going to copy here the poem I read to accompany the final song, Huddled Masses by Shaina Taub and our theme of immigration and the Statue of Liberty. But Read more

  • Eve Bunting

    Eve lived in Santa Cruz for the last several years of her life. She and her husband came here from Ireland and she had a beautiful Irish accent. She died in October after complications from a fall at age 94. I was fortunate to be in a writing group with her and to get to Read more

  • Library Readings

    My reading at the Capitola library was a success. I recommend the venue to writers in general. It probably varies in different library systems, but here in the Santa Cruz area, anyone with a library card can reserve a room to hold a reading at no charge. Once I was approved to sell my books Read more

  • Peace Chorale Fund Raiser

    Santa Cruz Peace Chorale has been an important part of my life for many years. I was one of those people who was discouraged from singing as a child and didn’t try as an adult. But when I found this choir, I discovered I love to sing and could do well as part of a Read more

  • Book Recommendation

    I’m just finishing this book and highly recommend it. The author did research on forest plant relationships over decades. She discovered (or rediscovered, she gives credit to the knowledge of indigenous people) how the various trees and other plants in the forest are in complex interrelationships. They communicate and share resources through extensive fungal networks. Read more

  • Upcoming Author Reading

    I’ll be reading from my work in progress, The Double Crossing, historical fiction for ages ten to fourteen. The story tells of a Jewish boy and girl escaping HItler’s Germany in 1939. They board the ship St. Louis, headed for Cuba, where they become friends, encounter and foil a spy plot, and ultimately are not Read more