Consonance
I’ve been feeling stuck lately. Writing with these little magnet words seems less daunting than facing a blank journal page. I’m going to use this
Colleen Lala Obituary
One of my favorite pictures of Mom with her grandsons, Kevin, Chase, Jim, and Kyle. I wanted to re-publish this obituary for Mom since I
Woman Hanging Wash
Grandma and me, 1980 The poem below from my book, Undertow, is about my grandmother, Betty Friedman. In 1925 she married my grandfather, Morris, a
A Christmas Story
While searching my files for a short piece to read at our writer’s club Christmas party this year I came across this story I wrote
Word Play
For a gift last year, I received a magnetic poetry kit, and I’ve been having fun posting short poems and displaying them on our refrigerator.
Summer Fun at the Yountville Library
It’s a busy summer for the recreation department in Yountville. No school so what is there to do? I wouldn’t have thought that going to
Mom’s Day Out
Mom Lala, Chase, and me Three of us, Dave, our son Chase, and I, went to Windsor recently to visit Mom at Brookdale, a senior
Bon Appetit
When I wrote the poem below, which is published in my book, Light the Way, I was thinking about having lunch with three friends I
Morale Boost
I entered a competition recently, the 2023 Bookmark Story Contest, sponsored by Yountville Arts, Friends of the Yountville Library and the Napa County Library. The
Rocks in my Head
Undertow is the title of my first collection of poems, a chapbook comprised of 20 pages that I published in 2011 with the help of
Oh, Orange
I love autumn. This photo is a close-up of a decoration I set out every year. “Oh, Orange” is a favorite poem of mine from
Themes
My book, Water Over Time: A Collection of Stories and Poems, has a theme. I was 13 when I moved with my family to Guam.