First of all, I'm adding an item to the Synchronized Chaos Wish List ( Read more... )

My friend and fellow writer/graduate student/writing workshop leader Gina De Vries blogged today to remember and celebrate a list she’d made of things she wanted and needed in various aspects of her life…and she’d achieved and been blessed with most of them. So, in that same spirit of wonderment and gratitude and curiosity - here’s Synchronized ( Read more... )

Just watched another WordsFirst performance last night...saw two of my favorites, Zahra N. and Thao Nguyen, tell powerful stories about race, coming of age, being between various cultures...and I'm still laughing and thinking about parts of their pieces. Lots of energy and creativity this time...and watched an excerpt of Lisa Marie Rollins' piece ( Read more... )

Busy two weeks...watched much of the primetime Olympics, very happy for the skiers and skaters and bobsledders...and admire the biathletes and the long track skaters and cross country skiers for their dedication. Kim Yu-Na and Evan Lysacek are personal favorites of mine - for humility and hard work, for doing what we always advocate at Synchronized ( Read more... )

Personal update coming soon, for now here's a request ( Read more... )

Heard this at JobSeekers - companies hiring in the SF Bay Area, check out their websites to see what positions may still be available ( Read more... )

Everyone, if you’re interested in a writing mentorship opportunity which takes place at your own schedule through the postal mail and costs nothing other than the price of a few stamps, please comment or email me, Cristina Deptula (editor-in-chief) at cedeptula@sbcglobal.net ( Read more... )

Ensconced in informational interviews (spoke with a lady from Radix philosophical magazine yesterday over French coffee and toast) and creating a piece for Access (the San Jose university publication) on what happens when idealistic, socially and ecologically responsible businesspeople hit reality and a recession - how to work towards one's ideals ( Read more... )

Announcement from the family of someone I dated in college and still care about very much...his niece has cancer and needs help. Please spread the word via Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, etc.
Natalie is 8 years old. She has a little brother, Sean, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area ( Read more... )

• Attended Diane di Prima’s inaugural address as San Francisco Poet Laureate last night…she’s an amazing storyteller, with a whole sixties-ish vision of how the world should become (jobs and welcoming committees for artists and writers, local gardens with food and work shared and plenty left over for immigrants and the poor and sick.) Plan to ( Read more... )