I began keeping a log of my writerly career in the early ‘ots… and decided in 2010 to write a book AND reach into at least one new creative space each year. Thus far…
2018
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
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 October – Choreographed “My Shot” for Hurricane Maria fundraiser 11/5 – “How to Give Out Zorgos Awards” on ACES Too High ***
*** 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
* * * 2/25 Idle Free Oakland at the YES Conference 2/13 The Bullying Antidote giveway at Oakland Peace Center 2/11 – Launched The Vesuvian Affair (as Cosima Zanardi) at Afternoon at the Caffé Florian Carnevale Party at the Bellevue Club. *** Launched Generous Muse website |
10/15 ZORGOS DAY! Completion celebration & awards ceremony for The Zorgos Project
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 * * * 9/11 – 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. |
* *2015
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All year: Life in the Fast Brain published; reprints to Awesomeness Development & Happiness Directive * * * 12/1 – Vino, Vidi, Vesuvia published in Doorknobs and Body Paint Issue #80, Pandemonium Press * * * 11/25 – Fundraising wrap-up for The Zorgos Project at Lake Chalet 11/24 & 11/24 – spoke to Kiwanis Club about The Zorgos Project * * * 10/31 – Una Pulmonis reads The Sleach at Heart of the Muse pop-up at Impact Hub Blood Drive. 10/15 Your Writing Exercise is … Exercise! on Writer’s Fun Zone * * * 9/25 – Presented Inside the Mills Revolution for the 25th Anniversary of the Student Strike, in partnership with the makers of The Untitled Mills Strike Documentary. Audience read-along!
9/9 – Book Launch party for The Souls of Her Feet paperback! * * * 7/11 – Read Not Just a Fairytale; Maybe a Dream Come True graphic narrative from The Reason She Left at Laurel Bookstore for BeastCrawl 2015. * * * 6/17 – “Invoking the Muses” at the Octopus Literary Salon with Daniel Finnamore. * * *
2/2 – 3/25 – wrote Ten Pounds in Ten Days, a travel blog about a “mindblowing” trip to Italy, including the near death of a friend and a relationship with a volcano * * * 1/17 – Premiere performance of Invocation with Daniel Finnamore at the OT Stage |
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