Today, I’m talking about my date with Mark Twain. I’d love to tell my friends I’m dating Mark Twain. They’d admire my high-tech ingenuity when I tell them I met him online. But was I supposed to call him Sam Clemens his given name or by his pen name of Mark Twain. Join me at…
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Body Politics, Women’s Edition
Mark your calendars for Body Politics, Women’s Edition. Fri. July 24th 8 pm. The Ladies Line-up: Kate McHugh, Gisele Nett, Lila Silvern, Loren Cedar Thompson, Donna Figueroa, Anne Marie MacPherson, & Beverly Mickens. …
Return to the Run-way
June, 2015 I used to enjoy going to Story Salon and sitting quietly in the back sipping a cup of coffee or a nibbling on a stale cookie. I liked hiding in the shadows and not being recognized or acknowledged, just waiting my turn nervously to be next to tell a story. Then I…
Lunch with the Ladies
Eva Ybarra is still using her administrative skills to organize the ladies who worked together in the bilingual office in the G Building of the old Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on Grand Avenue. All but one have retired from positions as school administrators. It wasn’t easy for me to park in the…
Into The Woods
Rosie Borsay worked very hard to make the Laguna Woods Book Reading a very successful event October 22. She was able to reserve a room at Clubhouse 3 that easily accommodated the 26 guests who showed up even before we had finished arranging the cheese, crackers and cookies on beautiful silver platters and uncorked…
Reading and Book Signing
We had a delightful time during our most recent afternoon reading and book signing. If you are interested in hosting a small gathering for a reading and book signing event with Lila, please contact us using the form on the site’s Contact page…
The Rabbi’s Words
(Confessions Blog 1) In observance of Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, forgiveness, and honoring those who have died, I arranged to read a story at Story Salon to commemorate the holiday and maybe get some extra chuckles because it took place in a San Francisco saloon. “I Left My Heart at the…
Online, a poem
Online I’d love to tell my friends I’m dating Mark Twain. They’d admire my high-tech ingenuity when I tell them I met him online. A Silicon Valley dude clones history’s most dateable men for discriminating women. I pressed the app for Sam Clemens, sent him my resume, bio, and photos, cropped and artfully…