Five-Minute Post

Silver Spring, MD As my seven-week respite (amended to seven weeks) at the homestead in Maryland winds to a close, I find myself during these dwindling days leading up to my return to LA racing around in an attempt to touch base with as many of my people as possible, cooking up all the fresh…

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From Poetry to POEMS (and back again)

While living in 1970’s San Francisco during the surreal period bookended by the unexpected death of my 49-year-old Mother and the drawn-out demise of my father four years later, I attended an event featuring Maya Angelou at an Oakland public library.    After the program, the celebrated author took the time for a one-on-one with this…

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