Great gift for anyone on your list who loves literature and appreciates the Island City, that small town smack dab in the middle of the teeming Bay Area. Follow the instructions on the web site to find Alameda vendors or to order online. My faves are a memoir by Kelsey Goeres about joining Alameda's nonprofit Foodbank Players after she "had spent 10 years in Los Angeles writing and acting on stage and in front of the camera"; and "Conversations With a Dove," a poem by Al Simmons in which a human uses bird talk to great effect.
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Of Real and Conjured Presence (flash fiction)
There are always some in the lobby, slumped silently in wheelchairs. They perk up when the outside door opens, like flowers bending toward...
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Ruth on top of the couch, with a remnant of a lace curtain she shredded. A friend advised me those curtains had to go; clearly Ruth is a c...
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February 17, 2023 If you want to visit Jean these days, find your way to Lafayette CA, then take Taylor Blvd to Grayson, turn west to...
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Clark, April 17 2108 Providence Vet sent me a sympathy card, with wildflower seeds to plant in Clark's memory. Flowers are a f...

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