I began keeping a log of my writerly career in the early ‘ots… and set myself the goal in 2010 to write a book AND reach into at least one new creative space each year. Thus far…
2019
1/19 – Song collaboration with DeVante Winn, SF Conservatory “Bedside Manner”
2/9 – Choreo/Taught “Around the World in Eighty Minutes” Dance Playshop
2/13 – Began serializing my forthcoming memoir, Ten Days, Ten Pounds on Wattpad
3/10 – Co-founded Wolf Pack Writers Action Group
4/24 – Dance instigator for Sunrise Movement Green New Deal Town Hall
5/23 – Quoted in Me, Inc. by Jane Harkness on Kaur.space
5/27- Read Invocation poem at Bay Area Generations, San Francisco
6/15 – 4th edition of The Souls of Her Feet celebrated at the CWC Member Book Launch, Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland
7/7 – Foot of the Rockies Shoe Salon in Boulder, Colorado
8/21 – Shoe Salon with Ladies who Lit at The Bellevue Club, Oakland
8/31 – Zumbathon for Peace – Oakland Peace Center
9/21 – Bathing Beauties Beach Boardwalk Redux AND NCIBA book show
11/01-11/30 – NaNoWriMo – writing first draft of Mirror, Imag(in)e everywhere
2018
Throughout 2018 – co-produced a monthly writer’s speaker series for the California Writers Club; also wrote a monthly column entitled “The Wind in Our Sails.”
1/2 – Interview with The Flourishing Center Founder Emiliya Zhivotovskaya on The Flourishing Center Podcast on Live Happy!
1/7 – “The Fountain of You” Keynote for the first Wellness Week at The Bellevue Club.
1/21 – Hosted a post-Women’s March Reading of 11/9: The Fall of American Democracy featuring “I am Woman, Hear Me [redacted]” essay + Zumba demo
1/28 Hosted Museday Writing Retreat
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2/25 – “Black Music Matters” Dance Playshop
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3/25 – “This changed my life” —Oprah learns about ACEs and Trauma-informed care on ACEs Connection
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4/18 – “Imagine: The EcoBellevue” – Wellness Wednesday lecture
4/20 – “Socialites and Antisocial Clubs” – featured speaker at first Members on the Mic
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5/7 – “Birthdays and Borders” published on Fred’s Blog travel magazine
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6/15 – Members on the Mic at The Bellevue Club: first reading of Ten Days, Ten Pounds.
6/17 – Read The Vesuvian Affair at Laurel Bookstore’s book launch for The California Writers Club
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7/7 “Saturation“ reading at the Colonica Il Palmerino in Florence, Italy: Ten Days, Ten Pounds.
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8/10 “The Women Workout” choreography & performance; hosted The Women at The Bellevue Club
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9/21 Organized Peace Day reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Frank Ogawa Plaza.
9/28 “Roll Out the Barrel” ~ Polka instigator at Oakland’s Oaktoberfest
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10/23 “The Kiss” ~ Featured reader at Dirty Old Women literary salon
2017
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Monthly: presided over CWC meetings. 12/31 – New Year’s Eve Happy Dance with KRS-10 12/17 – Hosted CWC Holiday Open Mic 11/16 – Hosted Writing Retreat @ Rancho Deluxe 11/5 – “How to Give Out Zorgos Awards” on ACES Too High ***
October – Choreographed “My Shot” for Hurricane Maria fundraiser
*** 8/17 – ROAD TRIP – featured storyteller at Storyslam Oakland 8/13 – The Power of Zorgos at Oakland Natives Give Back Attend & Achieve Rally – final book giveaway! *** 7/4 – “I am Woman, Hear Me [redacted]” essay published in 11/9: The Fall of American Democracy 7/23 – Received Jack London Award *** 3 times: With a Flourish, introductory class for The Flourishing Artist. June: Began teaching Zumba at Rossmoor 6/18 – Elected president of California Writer Club Berkeley Branch after OBF 6/17 – Fiction Author Panel at Barnes & Noble, Emeryville 6/1 – “The Future’s So Bright” personal essay published in anthology for parents of ADHD kids, We Are In This Together. *** 5/5 – Hosted Momedy Hour open mic at the Bellevue Club 5/19 – Mini-Zumbathon at Oakland Tech 5/27 – CWC Political Authors at Laurel Bookstore Joined Bay Area Generations board * * * 4/7 – The Spiritual Side of ADHD and Hoarding published in ADDitude Magazine online. 4/8 – Received certificate in applied Positive Psychology from The Flourishing Center 4/13 – Writing Retreat @ Rancho Deluxe 4/22 – Read Ted’s Tender Trophy at Full of Crow: The Spring Murder 4/29 – Pilot program for The Flourishing Artist
* * * 1/24: YES Conference, SF, presenter, “Homemade Hybrid”
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10/15 ZORGOS DAY! 
April: 2016
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All year: Life in the Fast Brain published; reprints to Awesomeness Development & Happiness Directive * * * 12/5 – All American Bully published on Kindred. 11/9 – choreographed I Am Woman for Pantsuit Zumba. Blog post about it, I Am Woman, Hear Me…Cry? selected for 11/9 Charity Poetry Anthology. * 10/19 – Parenting’s troubled history: Why changing family patterns is our most important work published on Aces Too High & syndicated madly 10/18 – Published The Zorgos Project: A Discussion Guide for The Bullying Antidote * * * 9/18 – Hosted We Are Not Worthy reading by Alumni authors at St. John’s Bookstore, Santa Fe NM 9/11 – premiered “Lost pages from Hot Tea in the Tropics“ at the Gatsby Summer Afternoon, Dunsmuir House, Oakland. * * * 8/21 – Be Mused performed at Lake Merritt, one of three plays chosen for the first annual Aluminous Flash Mob Play Contest * * * July-September – Writer’s Residency at the Liminal Center in Oakland * * * 7/23 – Organized & Emcee’d California Writers Club State-Wide Picnic (with open mic and literary cake contest) in Joaquin Miller Park & To Build a Fire with The Heart of the Muse. Performed song, Joaquin Miller (Went Walkin’). 7/16 – Choreographed comedic “Culturally Insensitive Siamese Twins ‘Sing and Sang Song’ Do a Little Dance” for the 1920’s Circus Picnic in Tilden Park. (With Leah Vass.) * * * 6/14 – “On Zorgos” presentation to Kiwanis Club of Berkeley 6/11 – Why I Wrote a Male Fairy Godmother essay published in The Good Men Project 6/5 – Author appearance at Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley (CWC booth) * * * 5/22 – “By a Waterfall” Choreographed and performed with the DecoBelles for dedication of Birds of Lake Merritt murals by Cleo Villet at the Bellevue Club 5/4 – The Souls of Her Feet bookstore launch at Laurel Bookstore 3/19 – Reading at Liminal Center, Oakland + The Souls of Her Feet SHOE SALON™ at SoleSpace * * * 2/19 – co-produced Pearls Before Wine at The Heart of the Muse at Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda 2/4 – Go Idle Free talk to Girl Scout Troop 31339 * * * 1/19 – Read first excerpt from Mirror Imag(in)e at Get Lit #8, Ale Industries/Nomadic Press 1/17 – Spoke about the adventure of writing and publishing (specifically The Zorgos Project) at California Writers Club Berkeley Branch meeting. 1/12 – Let the Children Lose It essay on David Bowie on Medium. 1/8 – Zorgos Core Group launch! 1/5 – How to Make Pornocello on Medium. |
* *And Before That….
Scenes from the archives…
