Thank you, Margaret Renkl. Tenderness as resistance. Bearing witness. Feeling and acknowledging heartbreak. And fear. Gifted article; you should be able to read. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION: The reading will now be held at 125 10th St. in Oakland, in the old Harrington-McInnis Printing building. Also, this space is smaller, so please register ahead of time. ❤️!

If you’re wanting to help fire victims and first responders in the Los Angeles fires, there is really no better organization for immediate relief than World Central Kitchen. tinyurl.com/4eab5d4j www.worldcentralkitchen.org/.../meal-loc...

AWP off-site reading! Looking forward to being with these powerful writers in Tongvaland, where I was born.

Awed & grateful for this special issue about Bad Indians in American Indian Culture and Research Journal as UCLA (my birthplace; full circle). The little book from a regional publisher is described as "a watershed moment in California Indian studies." Surreal escholarship.org/uc/aicrj

Feeling some awe about this. Every part of it: the content, the amount of work that has gone into it, AICRJ's acceptance of the proposal, and the incredible cover by Weshoyot Alvitre. The little book that could! The stories that would not be denied. The Ancestors who found ways to speak. Just AWE.

“A gift comes to you through no action of your own, free, having moved toward you without your beckoning. It is not a reward; you cannot earn it, or call it to you, or even deserve it. And yet it appears. Your only role is to be open-eyed and present.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer

Night of a Thousand Lesbian and Queer Women Stars: A Celestial Celebration of Sinister Wisdom featuring Joan Nestle, Katherine Forrest, Cheryl Clarke, (me) and more! Listen up here: youtu.be/A45E-72iYRg?...

Robert P. (Bob) Tom, Grand Ronde Tribal Member and Elder. and I will be viewing & discussing the issues in the film “s-yéwyáw Awaken” at the Art House (492 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401) on Thursday (Tomorrow, 11/21) and doing Q&A afterwards. Starts 6:30 p.m., www.encirclefilms.org

This tiny person survived the night’s storms. Comes to the feeder not to drink, but to guard against other hummingbirds who might want to try moving in on perceived turf. Oh umunipsha! You with the heart of a fierce star.

HTTPS://www.sinisterwisdom.org/events Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at 7 P.M. ET, 4:00 P.M. PT. Nights of a Thousand Lesbian/Queer/Feminist Stars: A Celestial Celebration of Sinister Wisdom Join us! Register @ HTTPS://www.sinisterwisdom.org/events

Foggy sunset last night over River Song, bathing our house in gold. It was that kind of day, after a pretty rough week.

Okay, I'm back. I hear there are more writers here now...and that's partly why I'm here. How about Indigenous folks?

It’s here! And what an issue. Of course I’m thrilled to be chosen as a book club author, but this issue of Alta Journal is packed with amazing California indigenous and brown activists and artists. What a beautiful issue!

Margo added to our Susan Harb artwork (which came all the way from Lexington, VA with us). Now a squirrel is hanging off the side, eating the seeds, while Luci dog watches. Uncatchable squirrel = entertainment.

lithub.com/watch-ursula... Loving these little snippets of UKL on LitHub - this one is about her illegal abortion as a senior in college, and how it made her life possible.

I am trying to meet two residency application deadlines but I've misplaced my computer glasses, and a huge bill just arrived (which I have been arguing with the insurance company about for six months). What is my advice for young writers today? TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES AND TEETH!!