Patriotism soars with flag-waving at Independence Day celebrations as sounds of John Phillip Souza intermingle with tastes of hot dogs, ice cream and lemonade. Red, white and blue are reminders of our first amendment rights, the safeguard of free speech that protects our right to be heard, or read, without reprisal. Whether we choose story-telling, …
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Danville author and political reporter Mark Curtis has won a 2010 International Book Award for The Making of the President 2008, Age of Obama: A Reporter’s Journey with Clinton, McCain and Obama. His book received first place in the Current Events/Political-Social category. The book is available in print or Kindle from http://www.amazon.com/.
Marilyn Slade’s Pet Peeve haiku was published in the June 7, 2010 printed editions of The Tri-Valley Herald and Contra Costa Times/Valley Times. The online edition can be viewed at www.InsideBayArea.com/haiku.
Changes and Summer Sky, two poems by LaDonna Fehlberg were published in the 2010 Las Positas College Anthology along with her photograph Lilies Among the Rocks. This is LaDonna’s fifth year to be included in the anthology. During those years, her photography Destiny placed first and Tension placed third in the art category.
This time of year I often forage for breakfast in the raspberry canes. As writers, we sometimes find ourselves foraging amidst the prickly canes of our imaginations, hoping that shimmer of color really is ripe fruit. Only after we reach out, risking scratches from thorns and bites from hidden spiders, will we know if the …
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Mahbod Seraji’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Rooftops of Tehran, paints a vivid portrait of growing up, discovering love, and awakening to the realities of life in a nation on the verge of revolution in the 1970’s. How did an Iranian immigrant, writing in a second language, come to craft a critically acclaimed work of such …
by Annette Langer During April-National Volunteers Month-the senior center holds its annual appreciation party. I’d begun volunteering alternate Fridays in the center’s gift shop in exchange for selling my books. I probably wouldn’t know many people at the party but decided to attend anyway-another book marketing opportunity! I arrived after the 6:30pm start, not wanting …
I have a writing fantasy where I spin out a best-selling novel on the Oregon coast. The hotel of my dreams exists, with huge windows facing the ocean. Someday I’ll rent a room there and let the water inspire me as it dances under a winter storm. For now, I’ll find a dramatic oceanscape for …
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The CWC Tri-Valley Branch will not have a monthly meeting in April to encourage members to attend the 9th Annual Pleasanton Poetry, Prose and Arts Festival, April 17-18, 2010. Writers of all levels are invited to participate in a variety of free activities on Saturday afternoon, April 17. Activities that are open to the public …
Violet Carr Moore’s fictional short story, “Angels Unaware,” was
