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Good Things:7th Annual Point Reyes Writing Retreat!with Patti Trimble and Susan BonoFriday eve to Sunday afternoon, June 17-19, 2011This is a really wonderful retreat, and this year, 2011, it's in the fabulous lifeboat station at the very tip of the Pt. Reyes peninsula. Away from city lights and highways, it's a writing retreat is for anyone who enjoys writing about (or in) nature. There are brief workshops on poetry, memoir, and essay, but mostly this is a time for writing. We will share new works as they happen.www.ptreyes.org/fieldseminars/Voice of the RiverIn Spring 2010, I launched a community wide creative project, collecting poems, prose, and paintings focused on the Petaluma River. The resulting book is a beautiful testimony to the river. I completed my work on the project but the book is still traveling and it's still possble to add your page. More information atwww.cityofpetaluma.net/river/participate.htmlWatershed Poetry FestivalI'm not reading this year, but check it out!www.poetryflash.comTuolumne Poetry FestivalSierra Club blog: (with interview)http://connect.sierraclub.org:80/post/OnTrack/poetry_festival_in_a_national_park.html?cons_id=&ts=1254675901&signature=87aaafb80a1ac5c24881c2dce7785c5cUpcoming Readings:Sunday April 2, 2011 3pm, Marin Bay Model, Sausalito, CAFriday April 22, Cafe Roma, North Beach, San FranciscoBest review of Harcourt Reader "Lost":"I recommend this book because I like Gil the ant. I like this book because I like the part when Gil the ant got scared of the clock." (review by Daniel, age 7, from the spaghetti club)VISUAL ARTPainting, "Endangered Mission Blue", in the2011 West Marin Review and in Red Barn exhibit, Point Reyes, CA.Two sculptures in "A Season of Water" at Gallery Route One, opens February 2011www.galleryrouteone.orgThree collaborative pieces in this project:

Poetry/Word Performance, Publication Carmel Performing Arts Festival, The Paradise Lounge, New York Open Center,Tuolumne Poetry Festival Yosemite, Petaluma Poetry Walk, KPFA, KPFK, KRCB,Phoenix Theater, Nevada City Arts Council, Carquinez Review, SRJC Arts and Lectures, Wordwrights Magazine, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Issue Magazine, Saltwater Sweetwater, World Stewardship Council,Poets and Writers, Friends of the River, Earth First Journal,Poetry Flash Watershed Festival, The Carquinez Review, Transmission Theater, Yosemite Le Conte Reading Series, S.F. Venue Nine, Majazze in Catania Sicily, Exit Theater, CUNY, Auburn Arts Council, S.F. 3300 Club, professor Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences Siracusa Italy, lyrics forThe Nature Company, poems, stories, essays for Macmillan-McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Harcourt, Scholastic, essay inTiny Lights Publications, spoken word CDSmall Craft Advisories on nomumbling.com,Yosemite Natl. Park Letterpress-broadside series, chapbook The Backbone of Things Underfoot: Redfruit Press, chapbook Zero: Redfruit Press, chapbook When You Dip Your Head Under Water: Running Wolf Press, Sonoma County Bookfaire, S.F. International Cafe, program bookSan Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Pushcart Prize nominee, finalist California Writers Poets & Writers Magazine, finalist Glimmer Train Short Story, Poems from Penelope (The Loom and the Ship) at NOH Space Theater, 2009 artist's residency at Djerassi Foundation, winter residency atDjerassi Foundation

Tuolumne Broadsides availableThe poem "To the Thrush" is available from the Tuolumne Boradside Series. Also, this year's prints include poems by Jane Hirshfield ("Tree"); US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan ("Virga"); and Joseph Stroud ("Homage to the Presence of the Mystery Among Us").The entire series, designed and printed by Jim Kokas for Yosemite Association, in honor of the festival, is available for purchase. Each limited edition is signed by the poets and is a collectible piece of art and writing.The profits are donated to the Tuolumne Poetry Festival Yosemite to help keep it running!To view and order any of the 16 prints in this seriesgo towww.jcokas.etsy.com

2012

Feb 4 Daylong Poetry Workshop at Pt Reyes;

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Feb 29: Reading at Aqus Cafe Literary Saloon

April 11: Reading at Sunset Poetry Series, Sausalito

May 18: Solo exhibit of painting and poetry, Endangered Species, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station

Later May or June: 7th Annual Point Reyes Writing Retreat, Point Reyes Field Seminars