Passing on a request for help from tapati, a friend of a friend who's sick and very creative and interesting, and could use some help now. I have happily passed on donation information for others who are chronically ill while struggling to figure out which beans to cook today and adding a scrap of vegetable that I have left in a vain attempt to make it ( Read more... )

Quake in Tibet. Please help. Donate here: http://tibetanvillageproject.org/ (Please RT and repost ( Read more... )

Poetry from John Culp, aspiring poet and member of our Castro Valley writers' group ( Read more... )

Blog post available in its entirety at the wonderful website http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com - here’s the link: http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2010/01/21-poetry-markets/Read more... )

May 2010 be the year you prosper and profit ( Read more... )

All four local writers' groups are up and running - including the new one in San Rafael, which is at a coffeeshop I found on Yelp that's a nice place but with a slightly different vibe than I expected. I thought it'd be showy/fancy/organic in that area, but it's more laid back with green diner chairs and a big fridge full of Cokes in the middle. ( Read more... )

This Saturday, March 27th, is the Poetry Slam at the Hayward Public Library. 835 C Street, 2:30 pm. All welcome, I'm serving as a judge!

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Katy Hughes has always loved to draw and paint, and carries her sketchbook with her most places she goes. Just sixteen when she and her mother lost their apartment and moved into their Oldsmobile, Katy Hughes started selling artwork online to raise cash for food ( Read more... )

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! I'm joining in with the international effort to acknowledge women's contributions to math, science, and technology fields every March 24th. For more information, and to sign up to read others' blogposts, please visit http://findingada.comRead more... )

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