Notes

charlie

charlie

every day at 5 pm a red-tailed hawk flies over the hillside.

when twigg crawford was visiting, he named the hawk 5 o’clock charlie.  recently he requested that i post some photos of our daily visitor, so these pictures are for him (and you.)

i take photos with my iphone, no telephoto lens obviously, but there’s something about seeing this hawk from a distance that brings poetry into my life every day at 5.

as you can see, charlie has found–or is in the process of finding–love.

 

we are together and we are fine

we are together and we are fine

my essay about domestic violence, we are together and we are fine, is on the huffington post.

 

this morning

this morning

the ocean is blue, the waves breaking right for surfers, while out beyond the point california gray whales continue their migration south to the calving grounds of laguna san ignacio in baja california.

 

why doesn’t she leave him?

why doesn’t she leave him?

update: my essay in the huffington post

here is a story about domestic violence in the  home of someone people very well might hope would protect them–ross mirkarimi, the newly appointed sheriff of san francisco county.   Read more …

Spring News: My new novel is out soon…

Spring News: My new novel is out soon…

here’s the cover of my next novel, LITTLE NIGHT.  it comes out june 2012.  here’s a link.  isn’t the cover lovely and mysterious?  it’s an image of poets walk, in new york’s central park.  i’ll be posting more about the novel soon…

Little Night is available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound

the light is bright

the light is bright

As a Child I Loved Winter

As a Child I Loved Winter

As a child I loved winter.  We had a small hill in our back yard, and I learned how to ski on wooden skis with my initials burned at the tips.  My father had a workshop in the basement, and for a while he seemed to burn my initials on everything.  The working class version of a monogram.

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changing light

changing light

 

 

the landscape stays the same, but the light changes. Read more …

paradise

paradise

 

 

i wrote a novel called what matters most, and once again i’ve been putting a question mark at the end of the title, asking myself the question.     Read more …

step love

step love

 

 

i gave this interview for motherhood later.

there’s a lot more to say about being a stepmom.  i focused on cordelia, but i also have a stepson i love from another marriage.

you didn’t know about my complicated past, did you?

please go here for tickets to the off broadway play motherhood out loud.

 

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  • Cornerstone Theater An inspiring multi-ethnic, ensemble-based theater company in Los Angeles.
  • Kevin Boyles Kevin is a great friend and favorite photographer. I’m lucky enough to have several of his photos gracing my walls, including the luminous “Point Loma.”
  • Motherhood Out Loud MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD was performed Off-Broadway. I wrote the stepmother piece, “My Almost Family.”
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  • Natural Resources Defense Council The Earth’s Best Defense. I traveled with NRDC to Laguna San Ignacio on the Baja Peninsula, to see the pristine winter home of Gray Whales, an area protected due to NRDC’s efforts.
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