If you enjoy this blog, you’ll love my still-unreleased novels. “Flamenco and the Sitting Cat” and “Tango and the Sitting Cat” are my love letters to you and to all who worry they’re too odd or old, overly damaged or young, or under deserving of happiness alone or with someone.
About Me
Reading, writing, and travel hooked me early. It was inevitable, given my multi-cultural family’s love of books and our frequent relocations to cities across the U.S. and Spain. Through it all, writing to friends and my dear grandmothers in Buenos Aires and Barcelona was a constant. Today I’m settled in Los Angeles with my Iranian-American husband who loves world dance, cooking, healthy living, music, and animals as much as I do. K-D, our one-of-a-kind-mix dog, rescues me from brooding over commas for too long.
As a journalist, I won an Emmy (click here for the documentary), was nominated for one the year before, and earned assorted cable TV awards. One of my short stories is in Verdad Magazine. Twice, I was honored as an “Emerging Author” at the Literary Women Festival of Authors, and my visual art features in “New Directions in Altered Books,” by Gabe Cyr and California State Long Beach’s literary journal, Rip Rap.
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I’ve “seen” you at Annie’s. I’m looking forward to some exploration. Did you ever wonder at the 3D picture a dog’s nose paints in it’s brain?
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hi there, ryinger77 🙂 definitely dogs have superpowers that we humans don’t fully appreciate. I lost much of my sense of taste & smell for about a year after I got covid, just before vax came out — to be able to smell is truly a gift
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You are very accomplished. I also have a writing blog but I have let it suffer since I started teaching 4 years ago. Thank you for visiting my blog, and I look forward to exploring more of yours.
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thank you 🙂
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Veo que amas mucho a los animales, y los animales son como niños que nos enseñan el amor incondicional y la alegría de vivir. Por eso me permito enviarles mi antiguo pero siempre válido poema, soy un aficionado que escribe sencillos poemas de rima, pero me dan mucha alegría y fluyen directamente de mi corazón. Los he estado escribiendo durante 20 años. y todavía me dan mucha alegría, espero que a ti también esta simple rima te dé un poco de alegría.
Saludos, Molekułka :)) molekulka Bez kategorii 16 września, 2013 1 Minute
13.09.13.Oława
„Ciesz się jak dziecko”
Przestań się spieszyć
Zacznij żyć i życiem się cieszyć
Ciesz się jak dziecko
Każdą drobnostką każdą chwileczką
Bo dziecko najlepiej wie
Jak każą chwilą życia cieszyć się
Dzieci są prawdziwe autentyczne
I właśnie dlatego są takie śliczne
Niczego nie udają
Jeszcze żadnych ról nie grają
Nie oszukują i każde kłamstwo wyczują
Dorastajmy i bądźmy jak dzieci
A będziemy najszczęśliwsi na świecie
I świat szczęśliwy będzie z nami
Jeżeli dokonać tego zdołamy
Molekułka
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gracias por sus lindas palabras 🙂
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Y ahora siente el viento en tu cabello. Hermosos sueños llenos de libertad. :)) :)) :))
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I look forward to reading more of your posts. Keep up the good work.
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thank you, Jorge 🙂
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Keep on living your best life and sharing your adventures with us! Best wishes to you, MW 🙏
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thank you & same to you, MW 🙂
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