Family Stories (A Poem)
Thorns and Flowers
Finding Hope, Memoir, Poetrycynthia1950s, fathers, friends, Rumi, Jack Kornfield, dreams, yearning, my father, Junior Brown
Maybe Once In A Lifetime Chance
Memoir, FriendscynthiaGuadalupe, Japanese-American, Kam Jacoby, Masatani, Harry Masatani, wisdom, World War II, Japanese internment, stories, California history
Christine's Green Island
"We Had Kids."
Friends, Memoir, Ranch Lifecynthiadaughters grow up, friends, growing up, Miranda, friendship, Ranch life, time's passage, Martin Amis, trying to make sense, daughters growing up, life wisdom, getting older, photos
La Mia Famiglia in Italia
Just Off the Freeway
Travel, MemoircynthiaLos Angeles, travel, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, photography, architecture, photo gallery, José Rafael Moneo, church organ, Robert Graham
A Wedding
It's OK Not to Write
Memoir, On Writing, Poetrycynthiawriting, why write?, Pico Iyer, Mark Twain, W.S. Merwin, Berryman, Annie Dillard, self-critique, editing, being a writer, blogging, Ron Padgett