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  • Backing away from Facebook around Lent

    Shrove Tuesday (AKA Mardi Gras) and Ash Wednesday quickly descended upon me and passed me by without notice. They almost did. I was out of touch with this year’s liturgical cycle, so on Monday, I googled to see when Shrove Tuesday was and the result mentioned the next day. I…

  • Back to School and Beginner’s Mind

    It does feel like I’m having to start all over in this midpoint of my life. I remember 15 years ago, I was so over school that I never wanted to take classes again. I finished my MFA and it was a difficult, trying time in my life. I find…

  • Through the Marine Layer

    Through the Marine Layer

    First Bike Ride of the Year Yesterday morning, I embarked on my first bike commute of the year. It was through what we in San Diego call the marine layer, that fog that rolls in over the coast and the city from the Pacific Ocean. Some parts of the ride…

  • My Web Presence History

    My Web Presence History

    My first website was made sometime in 1997 on Geocities after a friend of mine created his own site on that platform. I started from a template that created a simple, but ugly website. It went this way for a few months until I bought a copy of Dreamweaver and…

  • Reading in this New Year

    It’s so easy to get caught up in this idea of reading as a writer that it becomes this rule, a dogma. Some writers, like Stephen King in his famous book on writing drives home this point where it’s easy to internalize in this way. I have to admit it’s…

  • Facebook and Orange Haze

    Over the years, I have come to have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. I love the connectedness I have with the various groups of people in my life. I hate that I can spend too much time chasing updates. I like when people share funny or interesting updates. I hate…

  • Welcome to My Universe

    Welcome to my bike path, where I discuss discuss my creative issues along with what goes on in my personal life. While these things can easily be compartmentalized, they really aren’t separate at all. I’m a writer, artist, educator, cancer survivor, and, of course, cyclist. I am an MFA alum.…