For the last 40 years, I’ve believed that the life I’ve been able to lead was only possible because of the work done by those who went before me. I understand my responsibility in life is to enhance that legacy and build another link in the chain that binds us Read more
While a change of scenery won’t automatically change your life, it can provide a brief window of opportunity to imagine different possibilities. For so many of us, we get stuck in the day-to-day business of life, the endless to-do lists, and the ruts of why we can’t. Sometimes that change Read more
Enter the Good Reads Book Giveaway and win a free signed print copy of the Falling From The Moon. Only open to USA shipping addresses. Goodreads Book Giveaway Falling from the Moon by Karin E. Zirk Giveaway ends March 30, 2021. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
One of my closest friends in the world, my former business partner, and the publisher of my novel passed away in December 2020. A community organizer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, writing instructor, writer, and feminist, Jennifer Simpson, MFA, connected people from diverse backgrounds because she believe in the goodness of Read more
The Local Author Program highlights the intellectual and creative accomplishments of writers in the San Diego region and is presented for reading interest as well as the opportunity to highlight the diverse and abundant talent we have locally. A centerpiece of the Local Author Program is the Local Author Showcase. Read more
The past week has been a week of failures. Problems with computers at work I couldn’t solve, two missed meetings, one of which was the local author’s showcase and I was one of the featured local authors. By the time Friday night came along, I felt like the biggest failure Read more
The culture wars are alive and well. We see it on the news, on social media, and in our own communities. Civil discourse has disappeared and been replaced by beliefs so divergent that they all can’t be true. Under the screaming and yelling, myths are working on us. Beliefs so Read more
Today is a great day! Thank you to all the women who came before and tried to break this barrier. Today is a day of celebration for women everywhere. #VPKamalaHarris Full
The events of the last few weeks and twenty-twenty in particular have made me much less forgiving of other people’s selfish behavior. I’m starting to feel like I don’t want to be around “those people.” Who are “those people?” People who don’t believe the pandemic is real; people who support Read more
When I was young I lived in San Francisco in a Rastafarian commune. In 1978, we were producing concerts in an old Jewish synagogue at Geary and Fillmore we call the Temple Beautiful or 1839 Geary. To one side of us was the Fillmore West where Bill Graham ran the Read more