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Monday, April 28, 2025

Serendipity and Writing Retreats

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  I write this from Kaneohe on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The trade winds blow through windows that look out on the jagged Ko’olau Range....
Sunday, March 23, 2025

"Amistad en popa: London y Nakata" in Mexico City's El Universal newspaper

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Image courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA Several months ago I received an email from a reporter in Mexico City who had read ...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Ina Coolbrith joins the California Hall of Fame!

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CaliforniaMuseum.org What do Ina Coolbrith, Julia Child, Dian Fossey, and Tina Turner have in common? All have been inducted into the 18th c...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

The Summit

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Mount Ina Coolbrith and an unwritten poem are alike. Both are wild with no established entry points, no trails to follow, and no signs telli...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

California Forever's planned city is practically in my backyard

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Site of proposed 17,500-acre city in southeastern Solano County. Photo by Aleta George. As an environmental journalist who has covered open ...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Yoshimatsu Nakata's Hawaiian Home

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In the deep shade of an 80-foot-tall monkeypod tree in the O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii, I paid my respects to Yoshimatsu Nakata, ...
Monday, August 21, 2023

Nakata's Smile

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The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA Yoshimatsu Nakata won me over with his smile. He was Jack London's valet for eight years, but he ...