closeup of da-AL kissing her youngest black lab mix

Welcome!

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

da-AL with Emmy
My Emmy statuette.

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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388 thoughts on “Welcome!”

  1. Bonjour je suis là pour te souhaiter une agréable semaine 

    A une personne que j’apprécie
    Que tout, en ce jour te soit joie de grande beauté

    Ce matin au levé du jour sera une journée pour venir saluer tous mes amis amis 
    Que ce beau jour vous soit d’une douceur infinie 
    Beau comme un beau poème 
    Une belle journée qui a pour thème L’amitié 

    Bise amicale Bernard

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  2. Tu es une personne formidable et je suis heureux(se) de t’avoir comme ami(e)

    J’espère que tout va bien pour toi

     Passe une excellente journée, remplie de joie et de bonne humeur

     Je t’envoie plein de bonnes ondes positives pour éclairer ta journée

    je voulais juste te dire bonjour

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