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Steamed Mexican Rice

You know by now that I love my One Pot meals and this is another that is so easy & so tasty. I decided to use my Steam pot and it cooked perfectly in just 20 minutes. Yummy Spicy flavours and full of nutritious benefits.

Makes 2 large portions or 4 side portions

1 can black beans

1/2 can red kidney beans

1/2 can sweetcorn

1 red onion – finely chopped

150g wholemeal brown long grain rice

300ml veg stock

2 heaped tbsp chopped tomato

1 tsp smoked paprika

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp dried chillies

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp cumin

salt to taste

  1. Place everything in the steam pot and mix together. Put lid on.
  2. Place into your combi microwave and select Recipes, Pasta & Rice, Rice then programme 20 minutes.
  3. Perfectly cooked mexican rice dish. You can serve this on its own or with some pitta breads or even in a wrap.

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Steamed Wild Rice with Butternut Squash, Chestnuts & Pancetta

This dish is so yummy with a little kick. Perfect for Christmas dining as you can make as much as you need. I do love 1 pot meals.

Makes about 4 large portions or 8 smaller side portions.

1 x Butternut Squash – cubed

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp chilli flakes

100g cooked chestnuts, quartered

½ small pack sage leaves, chopped (or 1 tsp dried)

8 slices of pancetta – chopped

2 shallots, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

150g basmati & wild rice mix

300ml veg stock

Parmesan to serve

  1. Heat oven to 200 deg.
  2. Toss the squash with 1⁄2 tbsp of oil, chilli flakes and some seasoning on a large roasting tray. Roast for 15 mins, then add the shallots, garlic, chestnuts and nestle the sage and pancetta around the squash so that they touch the baking sheet.
  3. Return to the oven for 10-15 mins until the pancetta and sage are crisp. Remove from the oven and set aside.
  4. In the Steam pot place the Rice with the 300ml stock and steam for 20 mins on rice setting.
  5. Remove steam pot and add the ingredients to rice and mix through to warm through.
  6. Serve with grated parmesan.

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Spicy Sausage, Bean & Lentil Stew

This was originally a slimming world recipe I found but thought it needed more flavour so I added my own spin on it. It was very delicious, if I do say so myself, and very filling.

I made some wholemeal baguettes to go with it too which went perfectly for soaking up the left over sauce on the plate.

Serves 2

6 Chorizo Style Sausages

3 sweet peppers – chopped

1 tsp garlic granules

1 tsp dried chillies

2 tsp smoked paprika

1 tbsp worcestershire sauce

500g passata

150ml chicken stock

250g red kidney beans (or any other bean can be used)

4 spring onions – chopped

150g red lentils

knob of butter

Chopped fresh parsley for garnish

  1. Spray a large pan with little oil on medium to high heat, gently fry the garlic, peppers and onion for a few minutes.
  2. Add in the sausages and brown all over, about 5-10 minutes
  3. Meanwhile put red lentils into a pan and add about 5cm water, bring to the boil, once boiling remove the white foam then add the knob of butter and mix through, remove from heat.
  4. Add into the pan with sausages and vegetables the chilli, paprika, worcestershire sauce, passata, stock, beans and lentils then mix through. Gently bring to boil then reduce to a medium simmer for about 20 minutes.
  5. If sauce is still too runny, bring to boil and boil gently for about 5 minutes until it thickens.
  6. Slice the sausages diagonally into thirds.
  7. Garnish with some parsley and serve.

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Chickpea, Potato & Spinach Curry

Oh Yum…yum…this wee dish was so tasty. Using up my home grown potatoes this little throw together dish was perfect and healthy too.

I made some of my homemade Chapati’s , which went perfectly. Oh…and a wee glass of Chardonnay too! lol!

Serves 2

1 can chickpeas

6 charlotte potatoes, cut into cubes

100g baby Spinach

1 can plum tomatoes

1 tsp cumin

1 onion, chopped finely

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp dried garlic

1 tsp chilli seeds

1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1/2 tsp gram masala

1 tsp dried coriander

1 tsp olive oil/fry oil

  1. Heat the oil in a saute pan, add the onion and cumin fry until the onion is golden. Add the garlic, ginger, chilli’s, coriander, turmeric, gram masala and chilli powder and cook for five minutes.
  2. Add in the cubed potatoes and fry until potato is slightly browned, season.
  3. Add in the plum tomatoes, chop up and mix thoroughly.
  4. Now add in the chickpeas and mix through, simmer for about 20 minutes.
  5. Throw in the spinach and cover with a lid to help wilt down. (roughly 5 minutes)
  6. Serve with Chapati or some rice.


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Event transaction analytics: IIA and Corios webinar

International Institute of Analytics and Corios hosting webinar on 25 February 2015

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The emergence of high-velocity, high-density business transaction data represents a tremendous opportunity to profile the behavior of customers, understand their unmet needs, and predict their likely next actions.

On Wednesday, February 25th at 11am eastern / 8am pacific, the International Institute of Analytics invites you to a web briefing with its Lead Faculty member, Robin Way, the President of Corios, on this exciting topic of customer transaction analytics. Register here to join the webinar.

This dynamic has shifted the bulk of the control over transactions from the firm to the customer, and decentralizes the way firms respond to their customers.

While daunting, the techniques needed to track customer transactions, reduce the volume of this data to a manageable level, derive insights and respond in a timely manner to these customers have been hiding in plain sight for years.

The payoff: Credit card issuers have improved card spending rates, energy companies have reduced staffing costs needed to meet field service levels, banks have improved the profit of their lending products, and auto manufacturers have reduced their warranty spending on parts replacement through the advent of modern transaction and event analytics.

Mr. Way will review the business context for transaction and event analytics, case studies of industry practitioners who have successfully implemented these approaches to improve customer service levels and sales performance, and some of the practical techniques to tackle the data transformation, analytics and targeting of customers at the moment of truth, as revealed by the transaction data.

Navigate to this page to register for the IIA webinar.

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Robin Way

The Founder and President of Corios, Robin’s professional passion lies in democratizing and demystifying the science of applied analytics. An established thought leader fueled with 30 years’ experience in the design, development, execution and improvement of applied analytics models, Robin welcomes every opportunity to move the analytics conversation forward.

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Stuffed Corvina with creamed spinach - Corvina Rex Frescamar
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Stuffed Corvina with creamed spinach

Stuffed Corvina with creamed spinach

Receta CORVINA REX FRESCAMAR rellena bechamel

For 2 servings

400 g of CORVINA REX FRESCAMAR fillets

Salt, pepper and olive oil

For the stuffing

25 grams of butter

20 g of flour

1 garlic clove

1 onion

150 ml of cooking cream

400 g of spinach

75 g of parmesan cheese

Salt and freshly ground peeper

For the sauce

200 ml of cooking cream or milk skin

125 g of “piquillo” red peppers

½ onion

Mild olive oil

Salt and freshly ground peeper

Estimated time: 45 min

Heat the butter in a saucepan and when melted add the onion and the garlic clove well minced. Stir for one minute.

Keep on stirring and add the flour. After it acquires a golden color add the cream, the chopped spinach and the parmesan cheese. Slow cook for 15 min.

Season the Corvina fillets and pour the béchamel over them. Roll them up and tie them with a special cooking string.

Season the fillets outer part and spread them with oil. Put them in the preheated oven at 180ºC and bake them for 18/20 min.

To make the sauce, put olive oil in a sauce pan and when heated add the minced onion, season and cook until the onion is transparent.

Add the “piquillo” Peppers well diced and slow cook them for 10 min.

Afterwards, pour the cream, some fresh ground pepper and salt. Grind all of it and serve it as a sauce on the side of the stuffed fillets.

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White Chicken Chili

I was introduced to white chicken chili by our daughter-in-law at a wonderful little restaurant called Le The in Hudson, Wisconsin.  Le The has closed its doors, but I will never forget their outstanding service and food.

When I told my wife about the chili, she said “That sounds good,” and so I began experimenting with various recipes until I came up with the following.  It makes 12 to 14 generous servings, but leftovers can be warmed and served a day later or frozen and brought out in a few weeks for a simple lunch or dinner.

2 cups (1 lb.) dried navy or great northern beans
1 large onion (3 1/2 to 4” in diameter)
1 stick (1/4 lb.) + 2 T butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 cups chicken broth (I use two 14 1/2 ounce cans + 1/2 cup water)
2 cups half-and-half
1 tsp. Tabasco or other hot sauce
1 T  chili powder
1 heaping tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 – 3/4 tsp. white pepper
2 four ounce cans diced green chilies
1/2 small jalapeño pepper or 1/4 small habanero pepper (optional)
5 or 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 2 1/2 – 3 lbs.)
1 chicken bouillon cube
1/16 tsp. dried tarragon (a large pinch)
1/2 lb. Monterey Jack cheese
3/4 cup sour cream

Rinse and pick over the beans in a colander and place in a large bowl or kettle.  Cover with cold water to about 2 inches above beans and soak overnight.  Drain beans and place in a 6 to 8 quart kettle covered by about 2 inches with cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 60 to 70 minutes until tender but not mushy.  Drain in a colander and discard the water.

Place the chicken breasts in a saucepan.  Barely cover them with water, and add the bouillon cube and tarragon.   Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer the breasts slowly about 9 minutes.  Turn off the heat and allow the breasts to finish poaching for another 8 or 9 minutes.  Remove them from the liquid, let them cool on a platter and cut them into 1/2” cubes.  Save the poaching liquid to thin the chili if necessary.

While the chicken is cooking, remove the dry husk of the onion and chop it finely.  Melt 2 T butter in an 8 or 10 inch skillet and cook onion over low heat until translucent but not browned.

If you decide to include the fresh pepper, discard the seeds and stem from the jalapeño or habanero and chop very it finely.  Be sure to wear gloves when chopping hot peppers.

In a 6 to 8 quart kettle, melt the stick of butter over low to moderate heat and stir in the flour.  Stir constantly for 3 or 4 minutes using a wooden spoon or whisk to make a smooth roux.  Do not brown.  Stir in the cooked onions, then gradually the chicken broth and finally the half-and-half.  Stir or whisk constantly while bringing to a boil.

Reduce the heat and cook 5 minutes, stirring about once a minute.  Keep the heat as low as possible to avoid scorching the roux.  Add the Tabasco or hot sauce, chili powder, cumin, salt, white pepper, diced chilies and the optional chopped jalapeño or habanero pepper.  Stir well and remove the mixture from heat.

Put the drained beans in a 10 – 12 quart kettle.  Stir in the mixture and the chicken and bring just to simmer, stirring often to avoid scorching the chili.  Add some of the reserved poaching liquid to thin the mixture if it is too thick.

Grate the cheese and stir it into the mixture.  Simmer for 20 minutes and stir in the sour cream. Taste and adjust seasonings as necessary.   If it seems too spicy, you can add a bit more shredded cheese or sour cream.

Ladle into bowls and garnish with a sprig of cilantro or parsley.  Serve with a green salad and corn bread.

2 thoughts on “White Chicken Chili”

  1. It is very tasty. Might I suggest using the 4 -6 cups of water to poach the chicken to make a great broth. As desired add a Tb or two of chicken boullion and it is a tasty broth, and much less expensive than canned broth.

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With this compact portable reference in hand, crafters can quickly and easily look up any of 100 different sheep breeds, the characteristics of their fleece, and the kinds of projects for which their fleece is best suited. Each breed profile includes a photograph of the animal and information about its origin and conservation status, as well as the weight, staple length, fiber diameter, and natural colors of its fleece. This is a great primer for beginners, and a handy guide for anyone who loves working with fleece.

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CaptureYay for rain! My plants are thrilled… that is if they haven’t blown or washed away!

We just can’t do anything in moderation here in Texas.

Prayers for those in Texas and Mexico dealing with flooding right now.

A couple years back in September, late in the morning, I checked the days forecast and ecstatically prepped my bicycle for a nice local trail ride. I hurried to make the most of the day’s cooler temperatures. I loaded up my bike and popped an old cassette tape in to the deck and sang the whole way. I unloaded my bike at the park and saw a few folks joyously making their way onto the trails wearing the same kind of giddy smile I had on my face. I ran into hikers and bikers along the trail, all expressing the same glee at the beautiful day we were given to enjoy the outdoors after over a month’s worth of triple digit temps.

This morning was much like that one as I leashed the overly anxious dogs and headed out for the morning walk. When it comes to south central Texas weather, I have to remind myself that everything is relative. Native outdoor enthusiasts remember this as we pass each other on these beautiful days that are clearly gifts from God. We pass each other on the trails and giddily exclaim, “Can you believe it? The high is only ninety-five today!”

Where'd Bambi go?
Where’d Bambi go?

Still lots of fall planting left to do!

Fall planting is underway! It’s not too late if you’re still looking to get some seeds in the ground. Okay, so it is late for some long-growing heat lovers like ‘maters and peppers, but don’t worry, there’s plenty other yummy things that we’re just in time for!

Baby Bush Limas 08/19/2015
Baby Bush Limas 08/19/2015
  • Lima Beans: these come in both stubby bush types and vining pole types. For fall, use the bush types. These are low-maintenance like cowpeas. I’ve planted them in some bare, unworked soil just off the sidewalk to test just how low-maintenance they can be. These are Henderson bush limas. So far, so good!
  • Snap Beans: also available in both bush types and pole types. Again, use the bush types for fall planting. I’ve tried a couple varieties. So far, Blue Lake is my favorite.
  • Broccoli and Cabbage: I’m trying myhand at these this year. I’m struggling to understand how these cool-weather veggies will be able to survive an autumn hotter than most folk’s summers, but I’m trusting the process and am prepared to be either humbled or amazed, or both! I  planted a variety named DeCicco, but there are other varieties that have been recommended by the local extension service.

    De Cicco Broccoli 08/15/2015 (Wooden skewers help to deter cats.)
    De Cicco Broccoli 08/15/2015
    (Wooden skewers help to deter cats.)
  • Cucumbers: my favorite! There are so many varieties to choose from, it’s hard to know where to start. Check out the above link for some great suggestions. There are short-vining types, like Spacemaster, that are great for containers, but even longer-vining types can be trained up a trellis to save space. If you don’t have bees around to do the pollinating for you, choose a parthenocarpic type like Sweet Success that self-pollinates, or be prepared to “help the process.”
  • Summer squash: If you’re planting in containers look for a compact
    Dirani Lebanese Squash 08/19/2015
    Dirani Lebanese Squash 08/19/2015

    variety with a bush-type habit. Those will work in something as small as a five-gallon bucket, but don’t be fooled, it will eventually pour out of the bucket anyway and keep on going!

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So I kinda got caught up in the whole “cowpea” moment last week and decided I was gonna put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. I mentioned that growing cowpeas was so easy it could be done on a commercial break without any hassle… so, in addition to my container planted Red Rippers and Chinese Red Noodles, I did a little guerrilla gardening. Yep, I live in an apartment community, and while my neighbors and management have been very cool about my container gardening spilling over and outside my patio, I’m not sure how they would feel about me planting vegetables in the ground amongst their landscaping. So we won’t tell them, will we?

I took just a few minutes and and hoed a shallow trough an inch or so deep. This clay soil is so dry and hard, it broke into either powder or clods. I dropped a few seeds about an inch deep and six inches apart, covered as best I could with the rock hard clumps of soil and watered in. The biggest effort I did make was to cover the newly planted seeds with a thin layer of mulch. I wanted to try to keep the soil moist, but I didn’t want to deny the future seedlings any sunlight they might need.

That was four days ago and… viola!  The little guys made it through! I’m totally stoked! I can’t wait to see how they produce compared with their pampered container counterparts. I’ll keep you posted.IMG_0340c

Did you get around to putting your cowpeas in? How are they doing?

A Cowpea’s Chance in Texas

Long-podded cowpeas
Long-podded cowpeas

Alright, folks! If you haven’t put in those cowpeas, yet, now is the time. Yes, really, right now! Take that commercial break and jam a few cowpeas into the poorest soil in your garden, cover with soil and water in. Voila! Gardening done for the day! You and I can go back to watching the Criminal Minds marathon.

Okay, so maybe that isn’t the best way to go about planting cowpeas in the garden, but given how well these bad boys do under the Texas heat and drought conditions, it’d probably still work.

So let me tell you a bit about these cowpeas. Cowpeas make their way under quite a few aliases. They’re also called Southern peas and field peas and come in different varieties including creams and crowders. The best known cowpea is probably the black-eyed pea, but there are several others. I’ve grown pink eye purple hulls, red rippers and black crowders in my garden. Most are bush type plants that grow about three feet high, but there are a few climbers. The black crowders I planted in my patio garden grabbed onto one of my hanging planters and was looking for a way on to my neighbors’ balcony right before production halted! A different cultivar, the yardlong bean, or long-podded cowpea, grew ten-foot vines, and loads of pods. I was picking them at just over a foot long, but one did get lost under the stairwell and grew to about two feet long!

Chances are good that even black-thumb gardeners are going to have success with cowpeas. They’re pretty low maintenance. They don’t like too much water or too much fertilization. Basically, until they’re bloomin’ and fruitin’, don’t pay ‘em too much mind.

Cowpeas, like other legumes, develop a good bacteria on their roots that help them pull nitrogen right out of the air. They can also drill a tap root about eight feet deep, which helps them pull nutrients from deep in the soil and makes them incredibly drought resistant. This is the reason you don’t really need to fertilize them, and too much fertilization will just grow a lot of foliage and few beans, anyway.

Plant your cowpea seeds about an inch deep in the soil. If you bought pea and bean inoculant, sprinkle a bit of that over the seeds and cover with soil. Remember that good bacteria I was talking about earlier? Well, it will get there naturally in its own sweet time, but if you want to push things along a bit faster, this stuff will help. Whether you use the powder or let the plant do it on its own, from that point on the soil will have this good bacteria living in it and you shouldn’t have to inoculate the soil again.

Go ahead and water it in and wait for the magic to happen. In this August heat, I’d venture it would be just a few days before you see seedlings. These cowpeas are pretty tough and push through most soil like champs, but we have some serious clay in areas, so don’t let it crust over. They’ll need some light watering until they become established, but then you can pretty much ignore them until they start flowering. If you’re gardening in containers like I am, remember that our plants can’t drill a long tap root and will need more frequent watering than their terra firma counterparts. Either way, once those flowers bloom, they’ll need a little more water; and when the pea pods come in, they’ll need a little more water. Remember, cowpeas and all the other delicious goodies in our garden are, just like our bodies, made up mostly of water. So when you have stuff fruiting, don’t drown ’em, but don’t be chintzy with the water, either.

Now just stand back and let them do their thing! Cowpea pods can be eaten like snap peas when young. Leave them on a little longer and the beans will fatten up and you can use those as a fresh shell peas, or just let them dry on the vine and you’ll have a nice dry pea for storage. If you want them to keep producing, keep them picked. At some point, it will seem like they’re done producing, but they’ll get a second flush of pods. If you want to help those along, just add a wee bit of fertilizer or some compost.

I’d wish you luck, but you won’t need it. These plants love this purgatorial south central Texas weather.


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Coming up after the holidays: Jan. 7-11

Screen Shot 2018-12-21 at 10.39.16 AMWhat a month it has been! Christmas and band concerts, Entrepreneur Fair, wind storms and power outages!

On behalf of the entire Coyote Creek staff, I would like to wish you all a wonderful, restful winter break. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We look forward to seeing you all back at school on Monday, Jan.7, 2019!

Coming Soon:

  • Jan. 7 First Day Back to School
  • Jan.14 Kindergarten registration begins
  • Jan 17 Early Dismissal 1:22
  • Jan 18 Spirit Day- Workout wear day
  • Jan 21 Kindergarten Dental Screening
  • Jan 25 Spirit Day- Twin and Opposite day

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Vegetarian Holiday Meal Plan 2017

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I have been somewhat vegetarian in the past . . . for about ten years I was lacto-ovo-pesco-vegetarian (milk, eggs, and fish) and quite strict about it. That changed years ago for various reasons, including social as well as health.

Recently, however, a young member of my immediate family has become more environmentally and ethically aware and has decided to become vegetarian (lacto/ovo, but not pesco). Normally for a family gathering, I would serve vegetarian friendly options and still maintain the traditional fare for those interested parties, but that is hard to justify to someone so young, especially when even the mere presence of meat seems bothersome to him.

Since I have the luxury of only feeding a small handful of people on this particular holiday, I have decided to go lacto-ovo-vegetarian for the meal. The other folks have been warned and have agreed to the terms, so my preliminary menu (subject to change, possibly) is as follows:

I have made my own quiche before, and I am tempted to try it again. The ones I buy, though, are generally so much prettier than my own. I usually purchase mine from the nearest PCC bakery (admittedly, they are actually concocted by an outside bakery), as they usually have a good selection, including some vegetarian options.

I like quiche as an option for protein since not everyone at the event is quite as keen on tofu. Served warm, I feel as though quiche can take the place of a hearty (meaty) main dish with relative ease.

Roasted Vegetables

Although I love cold salads, I definitely prefer warmer fare in the winter months, and so our veggies will be cooked for this meal.

My father and son both love Brussels sprouts (seriously, they will compete for the last one) and so I will do some form of them. I have previously done them in a pan or in the oven, and I definitely prefer them from the oven, usually with some olive oil, honey, and lemon (simple recipe coming soon). Since it is a holiday, I am considering doing a fancier version, like this one from Kalyn’s Kitchen. With nuts and gorgonzola, it looks delish!

I will also probably do a quick roast of sweet potatoes, squash, and/or some asparagus. If I am very lucky, perhaps my saintly husband will do us up a batch of homemade kale chips! (If anyone wants the recipe, let me know and I will see if I can convince him to post it here on Cozy and Sage!)

Quinoa Salad

I have discovered the wonders of quinoa just this year and I am in love! I usually make a cold quinoa salad (like my Mediterranean-inspired one), but I think for the most part, except serve it warm and exchange the cucumbers for roasted yellow and orange peppers.

Mediterranean Inspired Quinoa Salad

Mediterranean-Inspired Quinoa Salad

If you like couscous, I highly encourage you to give quinoa a try! It is different from couscous, but still very delicious in its own right!

. . . from a refrigerated Pillsbury can, and mostly just because my son likes to help put them on the cookie sheet and “make” them. Absolutely too cute!

Although I so love pumpkin pie, I have had requests for something different. I think we will go with a cherry pie (if I purchase it, I suppose I will have to check for ingredients such as gelatin and the like) and vanilla ice cream. Not quite traditional, but perhaps it is time for a new tradition.

What holiday are you celebrating this year? Are you planning a holiday meal? What are you having?

Peace and warmth to all; stay cozy!

Nine Cozy and Sage Kitchen Staples

As the chief chef here at Cozy and Sage (as well beauty editor, editorialist, and custodian), I have come to appreciate the security of knowing I can toss a nutritious and satisfying meal together quickly and easily with what I have around the house (ahem: office).

I try never to run low on these items:

1. Canned Black Beans

While any kind of canned bean would be a good choice here, I find black beans to be  most tasty and versatile (although I do love kidney beans, as well). Beans are high in fiber and protein, and can pair well with both carbohydrates and vegetables. The canned versions are also marvelously easy to use, though if you want to be super budget conscious and have the time, soaking, cooking, and freezing dried beans can be an economical meal prep solution.

2. Canned Diced Tomatoes

There may be nothing more multifaceted in my cupboard than canned diced tomatoes. Unassuming and delicious, they lend themselves to all kinds of recipes, such as pasta sauces, soups, various Mexican-inspired dishes, and even as an additive to a slow cook pot roast. They also come in many varieties now; I prefer the fire roasted for most dishes, but I also like having an unseasoned variety on hand for pasta especially.

3. Dried Spaghetti (high fiber)

It’s hard to beat a traditional spaghetti meal for ease and satiety. I always get the Barilla white fiber version, as it contains some extra fiber but doesn’t alter the taste too much. Almost any kind of sauce (homemade or canned) will do. Paired with some garlic bread and a salad, this great meal comes together quickly and beautifully.

4. Salsa

We love Mexican food here at the home (office?) of Cozy and Sage—so much so we have to actively make sure we are always stocked with salsa. Offered with chips as an afternoon snack or poured over eggs for breakfast, salsa is one of those items improving almost any dish. (If in a real pinch, it can even substitute for canned diced tomatoes—see above—in many cases.)

5. Bouillon cubes

If I were a little more motivated and had a bit more time, I would definitely attempt to make my own broth. As things currently stand, having a small stash of bouillon cubes will have to do. While this isn’t something I use all of the time, it is one of those items I sorely miss when I need it and find the box empty. For me, bouillon cubes are a must for soups and stews, and a nice thing to have for the occasional broth soup (for times when you have a cold or just want something warm and salty).

6. Rice

Rice is another all-arounder lending its talents to numerous types of cuisine. I love rice in all its forms: jasmine, brown, long grain . . . however I can get it. Combine with any kind of protein and a veggie, and dinner is served! When I have the time and inclination, I will sometimes cook up a large batch of rice and portion some out to be frozen for later use. This can make future meals even quicker to prepare!

7. Frozen Veggies (in Steamer Bags)

One of the greatest food-related inventions of the last century (in my humble opinion) is the steamer bag. A variety of vegetables can be taken from the freezer and popped into the microwave for a nutritious dinner addition in a matter of mere minutes. For a parent who is constantly attempting to make sure there is a vegetable involved in every dinner, these bags are a boon!

8. Eggs

So simple and so nutritious, eggs can add an easy and satisfying protein to a meal at a moment’s notice. They are usually necessary to have on hand for various recipes, plus they can become the main dish in a pinch! Frittatas, quiches, and scrambles can make for great meals and are generally simple to prepare. They are incredible, and they are edible. Just sayin’.

9. Shredded Cheese

I usually don’t prefer to get pre-cut or pre-shredded items due to the increased cost. This is one exception I do make, however, just because it can lend itself to so many dishes in a hurry. I try to buy the largest bag I can; it lasts a long time in the refrigerator and the larger size usually proves a better value. This ingredient is useful for nachos, grilled cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, and as a topping on a variety of meals.

simple red beans and rice

While things can be a bit hectic around our home office, I am comforted by the fact I can almost always whip up a nutritious and tasty (if simple) meal with what I already have on hand. As long I stay stocked up, I have very little need to make any emergency runs to the store, which as a very busy person is something I value highly!

What are your kitchen staples?

Thanks for the read; stay cozy!

10 Cozy Meals in About 10 Sage Minutes

Do you work? Go to school? Have kids? Live? There are bound to be times in any schedule when a quick meal for one, or a crowd, is required. Here are 10 meal ideas that can be prepared in about 10 minutes and can be scaled to meet your needs.

  1. Cucumber, avocado, and tomato salad– Just slice everything up and add your favorite salad dressing or a splash of olive oil, lemon, salt, and pepper.
  2. Warm tomato and cheese sandwich– Spread a bit of butter on two slices of bread. Top one side with sliced tomato and then your favorite cheese. Bake, open-faced, on cookie sheet in 400 degree oven for about 8 minutes. Take out of oven (carefully), and put two halves together while still warm.

    tomato sandwich caprese

    (this time I added basil and vinegar)

  3. Couscous salad– Make the couscous according to package directions (almost always less than 10 minutes). While the couscous is cooking, chop up some tomatoes and/or cucumbers. Add veggies to cooked couscous along with a bit of your favorite Italian-style salad dressing (or, alternately, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper). This salad is delicious warm or cold!
  4. Eggs on avocado toast– Top slices of toast with mashed avocado and an over-easy egg. Spice with salt, pepper, and a dash of lime juice.
  5. BTC– Just like a BLT (bacon, lettuce, tomato), but the lettuce is replaced by, you guessed it, cucumber! Simply spread mayo on two slices of bread and stack your cooked bacon, tomato, and cucumber. A dash of dried dill or Italian seasoning wouldn’t go amiss here, either!
  6. Chicken burritos– Shred some rotisserie chicken and warm up a can of drained black beans in the microwave. To tortillas, add chicken and black beans, and top with tomatoes, shredded cabbage or lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Yum!
  7. Chili potato– “Bake” a potato in the microwave and top with your favorite pre-made chili, a smattering of cheese, and a bit of sour cream.
  8. “Green” Breakfast for dinner– In a warm, buttered pan, add several handfuls of spinach and/or salad greens. When greens are wilted, add beaten eggs and cook to desired (scrambled egg) consistency. Add a favorite cheese, if you like. Serve with whole wheat toast and A1 Steak Sauce.

    Green scramble

    “greens and feta scramble”

  9. Pasta– Ever the perennial simple meal, boiling up some pasta and adding a can of premade sauce, a can of diced tomatoes, or just some olive oil, lemon, salt and pepper is about as easy as it gets. Include a bagged of steamed veggies or (better yet) some cut up peppers or cucumbers on the side to round out the meal.
  10. Lamb Burgers– Like the traditional hamburger, but using ground lamb. Top with feta cheese and Tzatziki sauce and serve with sliced cucumber. (We like cucumbers around here.)

Hope you enjoyed this quick post about fast and simple food. More easy and delicious recipes coming soon.

Thanks for stopping by! What does your family eat on a busy night?

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My Simplest Dinner Plan

Over the course of a decade I have developed a few VERY simple dinner plans that are both a breeze to prepare and mostly nutritious.

This meal includes a protein, a carbohydrate (our household nutrition needs demand one), and a green vegetable (yes, I insist it must be green).

Tonight I cooked some boneless pork chops in a skillet with olive oil, salt, and pepper. I steamed some simple white rice (though I usually prefer jasmine or brown) and used a steamer bag of mukimame. This meal, especially with the help of the steamer bag, took 20 minutes to prepare, tops!

simple meal

I added my favorite Hoisin sauce tonight as well- Soy Vay Garlic Hoisin, yum! There are countless ways to modify this meal plan, below are our favorites.

Simplest Dinner Plan(s)

Protein– pork, chicken, beef, or veggie patty sautéed in frying pan with your choice of oil and salt and pepper.

Carbohydrate (optional)- rice (traditional or steamer bag), sweet potato done in the microwave, couscous, or quinoa.

GREEN vegetable– I don’t care what it is as long as it’s a vegetable and it’s green (I often let my son choose for us).

I find this to be an easy formula on nights when I just don’t know what to make for dinner or if I have very little time. I adore the simplicity of it in preparation as well as flavors; although, I do sometimes add any sauces we happen to have on hand when I need to jazz it up a bit.

Hope this is helpful! Stay cozy.


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Press Releases Archives: July, 2016

Bloomberg writes, "Bank Strains Emerge as Brexit Collides With Money-Fund Overhaul." It says, "For U.S. banks, Brexit couldn't have come at a worse time, raising funding costs just as changes to the $2.7 trillion money-fund industry threaten to sap demand for the lenders' short-term debt.... Ripple effects from the British vote to leave the European Union are compounding strains that have been building for months as a result of efforts to make the financial system safer. Wall Street strategists predict investors will pull as much as $400 billion from U.S. prime money funds before an overhaul of the industry is completed in October. Those investors are key buyers of banks' commercial paper. With prime money funds facing possible outflows, "they aren't chomping at the bit" for commercial paper, said Priya Misra, head of global interest-rates strategy at TD Securities in New York." The piece adds, "The exodus from prime funds started last year as some investment companies converted prime funds into those that only buy government debt -- exempting them from rules beginning in mid-October that require daily net asset values to fluctuate. Now investors are leaving prime funds, to avoid floating NAVs as well as restrictions such as redemption fees. The funds’ assets have declined about 20 percent this year, or $252 billion, while government-related funds gained $245 billion, or about 21 percent, according to Crane Data LLC figures through June. Banks' reliance on commercial paper leaves them in the crosshairs during the money-fund overhaul. The potential for weaker demand from prime funds is contributing to lift financing costs. Three-month commercial paper rates have risen to about 0.63 percent, from 0.24 percent a year ago. "June is the first month that we've seen noticeable outflow from prime money funds that weren't conversions-related," said Peter Crane, president of Westborough, Massachusetts-based Crane Data. "No doubt we will see more."" In other news, Reuters posted "Floating NAVs: SEC money market fund compliance risk looms on the horizon." It reads, "With the deadline for new valuation rules on certain money market funds only months away, compliance and risk professionals at fund management firms need to confirm they have taken the necessary steps to ensure that their systems are ready, as well as having communicated how such changes will impact their clients.... Of all the changes put forward, perhaps the most difficult will be the transition to floating NAV for client sales and redemptions. "The main crux of the new reforms ... from a prime and municipal perspective in the institutional funds is that those funds have to float their NAVs," Tracy Hopkins, executive vice president at BNY Mellon Fixed Income, told a recent Thomson Reuters webinar on the SEC's impending rules. Part of the challenge for funds in calculating and posting up-to-date NAVs for their funds is the timing and frequency of intraday updates, or so-called "snaps." According to Hopkins, an industry consensus seems to be forming around three updates: 9 a.m., 12 noon, and 3 p.m., but some funds are considering an 8 a.m., 12 noon and 2 p.m. schedule."


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Oh Look I’m Allergic To Not Eating Donuts*

*Or carbs. Whatever.

It’s almost a week into the Whole30 thing and I’m still chugging up the hill going I think I can, I think I can (actually it’s something closer to I think I…what? since I’m SUPER SPACEY right now) and when I got out of the shower this morning I noticed that I have a rash. Now you’re saying lady, you ALWAYS have rashes, and about this you are not wrong, but this is a NEW rash, a DIFFERENT rash, and thusly of course I consulted Doctor Google, who told me it’s a side effect of not having carbs.

Yes. I am allergic to being healthy.

There’s apparently not a ton of information about this online; the dude who wrote the blog post I linked to above started his own site, The Keto Rash, to help people identify it and find treatments (the simplest of which is to eat more carbs).

SO! Damned if I’m going to let the Whole30 get the better of me, so I’m going to try adding more potatoes to my diet (because mmmm, potatoes) and if that doesn’t work then apparently I will itch for the next 23 days.

And then on Day 24? I am having a donut.

But I Love My Junk Food

SO, I totally failed at Holidailies. I did ONE post. One post, in which I was all “Hey guys, totally doing this,” and then…nothing.

But that is the past. Who can even remember that far back? Now we are in the distant future of 2016, the year of flying cars and jetpacks and me, doing Whole30.

What is Whole30, you ask? I will tell you. It is crazy torture a test of endurance relentless self-flagellation a dietary reset of sorts, in which test subjects participants eschew delicious inflammatory foods such as dairy, grains, legumes and sugar. For 30 days.

Let me say that again: no bread. No pastries. No BUTTER. No party-sized bags of peanut M&Ms eaten by the light of the iPad when I should be sleeping. (Which…is possibly the reason I undertook this whole endeavor in the first place.)

So far, it’s actually going relatively well, fingers crossed, knock on wood, etc. (Well, except for the part where I couldn’t figure out breakfast on the first day and ended up a twitchy neurotic blood-sugar disaster. But, again: the past! Who remembers such things?) We’re cooking a ton, and our intake of greens has increased exponentially. We’re trying out new recipes, which is fun – my Pinterest account hasn’t seen this much action in months. And I have it on good authority that at some point I won’t feel like murdering someone for a donut. Win/win!

Chime in, y’all: have you done Whole30? How did it go for you?

Holidailies. I’m doing it. My friend over at mamazing inspired me, so I’m going to steal borrow her idea for an intro. Besides, it’s been so long since I’ve blogged here even I don’t remember who I am anymore.

So! Some things about me:

  • I like cats.
  • And sleep.
  • I used to be a lot smarter.
  • I write HTML & CSS for a living.
  • Coffee is good.
  • I really want another tattoo.

Back when my first kid was wee, I jumped on the mommyblog bandwagon. He’s almost ten now. TEN. This seems impossible. I’ve got a two year old now, too, so theoretically I could enact Project Mommyblog: The Sequel, but who has that kind of energy? Mostly I just want blog entries to appear of their own volition, using correct grammar and crediting themselves to me. This does not seem like too much to ask.

But this month, I will actually write them. Probably. As far as you know.

I Try Out Period Tracking Apps So You Don’t Have To

My smartphone is finally fulfilling its destiny.

I enjoy not having to remember things. It frees up valuable brain real estate for things like daydreaming about abandoned amusement park vacations and learning javascript. My phone keeps track of phone numbers, birthdays, my next meeting, the day’s weather, and how many steps I’ve taken. So why shouldn’t it track my menstrual cycle, too?

I’ll tell you why not: most period tracking apps SUCK. I can only assume the the predominance of flowers and the color pink means that they are aimed at a target market that is not me, and not just because I’m in my forties. I’m a designer. I cannot use an app that looks like a unicorn threw up all over it.

Happily, in the time between getting pregnant, having a baby, and finally getting my period back after a year and a half (thank you, breastfeeding), the selection for period tracking apps has expanded to include things that don’t make me cringe. Some of them don’t use pink at all!

I chose four free period tracking apps to try out; two are ad-supported but offer paid versions that are presumably ad-free.

(I have Things to Say, so this is going to be a long one.)  Continue reading I Try Out Period Tracking Apps So You Don’t Have To

Parenting Fail: Weaning

When Ellison was 18 months old, we weaned. We did it cold turkey, and it worked beautifully. Sure, there were a couple of rough nights, but he got used it relatively quickly and painlessly and all was well.

weaning failSo when I started really feeling done* with the whole nursing thing with Rory, I figured it would work pretty much the same way.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Excuse me. Ha.

At 17 months old, Rory was not ready to wean. She was nutritionally ready – she ate a TON, and rarely wanted to nurse during the day – but emotionally she needs to nurse. I figured this out after three nights of basically zero sleep, in which she screamed uncontrollably and wouldn’t let anyone touch her, all because I calmly and firmly told her we weren’t nursing anymore.

She also began refusing to nap during the day, and developed separation anxiety like crazy. According to Dr. Sears, this is a textbook example of how not to wean.

I’ve backed off on weaning for now. I’m hoping that once we get her settled back into a routine and feeling secure we can try weaning again.

*I’m very much a fan of nursing, but I’m also a fan of my own sanity, and the two seem to be at odds with each other. Seriously, though, you want to breastfeed into toddlerhood? More power to you!

Relocation: Complete

2014-06-08 21.31.41Ah, moving. That magical time when you look at all your belongings and say “How did I end up with so much crap?”

We got rid of so much stuff this time. Houses worth of stuff. More stuff than I thought we owned. And yet! We still have so much of it left! All in boxes! Including, apparently, my iPad charger, so clearly the situation is dire.

The actual relocation process was a comedy of errors: the moving truck that broke down, the elevator that of course stopped working right when loading the heavy stuff, the cat who freaked out in the carrier and peed all over everything. (Bright side: I finally got the new stroller I wanted! Well, used. On craigslist. But it’s super swank and doesn’t smell at all like cat pee.)

Yesterday I finally got out to the old place and did all the last-pass cleaning. I hate scrubbing down an empty house I used to love. It makes me feel so sad. I really thought that was going to be the place we stayed all through Ellison’s elementary school years – he’d be riding his bike around the neighborhood while Rory learned to walk and scooted after him on her tricycle. Now I’m having to shift gears back to being a city mom, all playdates and parks. I loved being a city mom when Ellison was little, and I’m sure I’ll love it again. It’s just different. Different, and not what I expected.

But now we’re officially moved. Done. And I can sit in our living room and watch the city lights at night through our floor to ceiling windows, and it seems like maybe this isn’t so bad.

Now if I could just find the box where I packed the baby…

Muscle Amnesia

Oh the things you forget.

First up: babies? Messy. There’s cradle cap and baby acne and spit up and everything to do with diapers – not to mention whatever things exist in neck folds (seriously, don’t look in there). You think you remember diapers, at least, and how many of them can require changing in the space of, say, one hour. You are wrong.

Sleep dep: harsh. Again, you think you remember, and you think you can maybe do better this time. You are mistaken on both counts. (Fun fact: posting on Facebook about how tired you are at roughly three days post-partum does not elicit the expected sympathetic noises from other moms, but rather a stream of one-ups rendered even more bewildering by the fact that you are so tired you actually literally can’t see straight.)

It takes time for the belly to disappear. I mean, you knew this, but for some reason you also expect to fit into your pre-preg jeans at 2 weeks pp, which: no.

Nursing: hurts. You remember this. What you don’t remember is that, in the first few weeks, when the baby latches it feels EXACTLY like she is clamping down with a mouthful of needles.

The other thing you have forgotten, maybe: it’s totally worth it.


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Mayan December Doomsdate – Never Mind? September 22, 2012

Posted by rwf1954 in doomsday prophecy, end times, Kravings, Mayan astronomers, Mayan calendar, prophecy, Science News.
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Oops. Never mind. It looks like the Mayans did not intend to predict the end of our world, this year. According to a Science News article, published in the August 11, 2012 issue (page 15), anthropologists have placed the Mayan reference to a December 21, 2012 end-of-calendar date within a contemporary—for Mayans—context. Hieroglyphs carved in the steps of a Mayan archeological site in Guatemala commemorate a visit from a Mayan ruler who had been defeated in battle. The reference to this December 21, 2012 date as the end of the Mayan calendar cycle was offered to emphasize the longevity of the ascendancy of this ruler’s people. During the 695 battle, the king was reported to have been killed or captured (with the Mayans, it could have been both). While visiting this site in 696, he proclaimed his viability as ruler of the Calakmul Mayans, and the inscription refers to the date at the end of the Mayan calendar cycle, implying the Calukmul would be around for a long time, at least 1300 or so years into the future. Anthropologist Stephen Houston of Brown University is quoted in the Science News article as saying “reference to 2012 might even have provided a comforting sense of inevitability.” If Americans spoke today about the United States lasting until at least 3300, would this sound like a prediction of the end of the world?

So, this adds support to the points I made in my post six months ago on this topic. My family and I have picked out where we will celebrate on December 22, 2012—Kravings in Tarzana, California. I’m calling for an international celebration of the not-end-of-the-world! If you’re inclined, put a comment here as to where you will celebrate the passing of a Doomsdate—the not-apocalypse!


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Ford Driving Dreams at Moises E. Molina High School

On Wednesday, January 28th we at Creative Juice Online were invited to attend, support and cover the 2015 #FordDrivingDreams Dallas Tour Rally at Moisés E. Molina High School in Dallas, Texas and what we witnessed was far and beyond what we had expected.  Over the years we have witnessed an intense amount of community outreach on behalf of Ford, both nationally and locally towards education and their committment to the Latino market and to see this was above and beyond.

From the President’s speech as he flew in from Dearborne, Michigan, local dealership owners to real life motiviational speaker along with donations from Ford towards college scholarships, this rally was more than a rally, it was a road to the future for these young high school kids with a dream, a dream driven by Ford. We wish to thank MRR & Associates for inviting us to this rally and experiencing the energy!


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Community Projectes in Literature

CW 675/CW 875 Community Projects in Literature

Internship Leads (will be updated by July 31, 2019)

CW 675/875 Community Projects in Literature gives you, the student the opportunity to gain experience in the fields of publication, teaching, and arts administration, which will make valuable additions to your resume. Though each internship will be individually shaped, you will make a commitment of at least six hours a week for the length of the semester to earn three units credit. If you make that commitment, you will be expected to keep it.  The instructor will approve the project and confer with the internship supervisor. (Most of these organizations have had both good and bad experiences with our student interns, and have asked us to send them ONLY reliable people. Be reliable.)

Use this list of organizations as a guide to finding an internship, or you can find one on your own. This list includes on-campus internship opportunities, such as the Poetry Center. You also may create your own project as well; for example, teaching writing workshops in community, institution or school settings, or creating a reading series.

Typically, the organizations listed will ask you for a brief resume; try to give them some idea of the kinds of experience you already have.  For example, did you work on a campus journal, can you operate a computer, file, and write clearly?

NOTE that some of these organizations might not be accepting interns this semester, or may have changed their contact information, or may no longer exist.  Please let us know via email,, if any of these leads are dead ends; we’re grateful for your help keeping the list current!

826 Valencia Street

826 Valencia is dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their writing skills and to helping teachers get their students excited about the literary arts. Like kids? Pirates? Photocopying? Come exercise your writing and editing skills, work directly with teachers and students, and gain valuable experience in the many aspects of educational programming, nonprofit administration, and event planning. Requirements: minimum commitment of 15-20 hours per week for at least four months; excellent written and verbal communication skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs; editing/proofreading experience preferred; experience with kids in a professional setting a plus; Spanish language and design software skills a plus. Perks: free admission to 826 Valencia events; 15% discount at the Pirate Supply Store; opportunity to work with local writers; immeasurable joy. To apply, please send a cover letter, résumé, and portfolio to Brad Amorosino at In your cover letter please explain what you will bring to the position, as well as what you hope to gain from the experience. . Also include a cover letter that explains what you will bring to the position, as well as what you hope to gain from the experience. More information:

Andrea Brown Literary Agency

2225 E. Bayshore Rd., Ste 200, Palo Alto CA 94303

Contact: Laura Rennert,, 650-320-7684

Established Bay Area literary agency seeks a part-time reader to vet manuscripts submitted by authors. Candidate must be widely read, and a fast but discriminating reader to read through manuscripts on a variety of genres including thrillers, mysteries, literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and possibly young adult fiction. Qualifications: strong computer skills, a  minimum six- to 12-month commitment. Ideally we seek someone in Palo Alto or Menlo Park, or willing to make the drive to their Palo Alto office once a week. To apply: email a description of your qualifications and interest to Laura Rennart, Senior Agent.

Aunt Lute Books,

P.O. Box 4106878, San Francisco CA   94141

Contact: Gina Gemello, Phone: 826-1300,

Multi-cultural women’s press in San Francisco; when they need interns, look for part-time unpaid interns to assist in all phases of book production. Interns would be assisting staff with order fulfillment, marketing, web-research, grants and production. Please check for available opportunities.

Bay Area Generations Reading Series

23 Maine Ave., #38, Richmond, CA 94803

Contact: Amos White, President.

Bay Area Generations reading series seeks an Outreach Coordinator to recruit submissions each month, and promote the program that alternates its performances between San Francisco and East Bay venues. The Outreach Coordinator visits a variety of reading series, classrooms, workshops and other places where writers gather to solicit submissions, suggest pairings, encourage attendance at events, and answer questions. May occasionally post submission calls; write press releases; and assist with website maintenance, email lists, and reader lists. A full position description is available upon request. To apply, send a letter of interest with résumé via email to, 415-489-0074,

The Beat Within

Contact: Lisa Lavaysse,

The Beat Within runs primarily on the support of committed volunteers, both in our office and in the workshops in juvenile halls. We are always looking for people of all walks of life to be a part of our community. You do not need a background in juvenile justice or related issue. You do not need to be a great writer. All you need to have is an interest in the program and working with young people. To help with typing and or editing, please contact Lisa Lavaysse. Typing volunteers must be located in San Francisco. To volunteer in the writing workshops in juvenile hall: You MUST be at least 21 years old; You need to be able to commit to a minimum of 6 months with the program. You will attend mandatory training through The Beat Within.; You must pass a background check (costing $30). Most of The Beat Within locations can accept new volunteers. Please contact us for more info on each location. If you are interested in being a volunteer or intern with The Beat Within, please submit a cover letter and resume to Lisa Lavaysse.

Bindlestiff Studio

1072 Folsom Street #470
San Francisco, CA 94103 Contact: 415-255-0440

Bindlestiff is a community-based performing arts venue dedicated to showcasing emerging Filipino American and Pilipino artists. To Apply, please submit the form on this website;

Brava! Theater Center

Contact: Jocelyn Thompson,

2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

There are a number of internship opportunities available; go to their website and follow the link under “job opportunities” and choose “internships.” To apply submit (all together): resume or curriculum vitae, cover letter of interest (which department), personal statement which discusses the following: long term professional arts goals, how you feel you would benefit from program, your unique contribution to Brava Theater Center in the upcoming season, letter of recommendation from mentor of choice.

City Arts & Lectures

Contact: Allie,

Since 1980, San Francisco-based non-profit City Arts & lectures has hosted lectures and onstage conversations (& a few surprise performances) with outstanding figures in literature, criticism, science, and the performing arts, offering the most diverse perspectives about ideas and values. Given that we host more than fifty events each season at the Nourse Theater, we’re in need of a part-time Production Assistant to help our with various tasks surrounding the event production process and non-profit administration. This includes (but is not limited to) responding to general email inquiries, crafting social media posts, and administrative work, but also attending events with writers, artists, performers, helping run Q&A, and assisting in the exciting work of event production and venue management. We’re a small team and each have our hands in several parts of the production process, so we expect you to do the same — we may need you to run occasional errands and runner tasks, such as picking up flowers, concessions for events, etc, or we may ask you to re-organize our thirty-eight years of archives. We'd like for you to be up for any challenge! And after a semester of work, you will have gained useful insight and experience in the world of event production, nonprofit administration, and program curation with a longstanding staple of the City’s culture. Requirements: Some experience with Google apps (Gmail, Drive, Docs), social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, HootSuite), and Microsoft Office is preferred. Schedule: Two non-consecutive days per week, 10am-3:30pm (proposed schedule; hours/days are flexible within our 9am-5pm office hours). Applicants should be available to work from our office at 1955 Sutter Street (@ Fillmore), SF. Perks: This position is paid and can provide class credit; free admission to programs; 15% discount at Books Inc. To apply, please send an email with a current resume (including two references), as well as a cover letter that explains what you will bring to the position and what you hope to gain, to with the subject line “Production Assistant.”

Berkeley CA

Editorial and publicity internships available at publishing house in Berkeley. Soft Skull Press, one imprint of Counterpoint, publishes a wide range of books focusing on current affairs/politics, fiction, poetry, anthologies, and graphic novels. Please visit the website for more specifics; To apply please send a letter of interest to

Create your own workshop: teach playwriting to senior citizens, poetry to new mothers, short story writing to Boy Scouts . . . find a need in your community, and design a workshop!

Create your own reading series:  for space, contact venues such as Place Pigalle, San Francisco Coffee Company, Z Space, Mills College, UCSF, Hamlin School, Fillmore Grind, Ground Zero, City Lights, Velo Rouge or your own neighborhood bookstore or coffee house.

Creative Writing Department

Contact: Paul Hoover, Chair, Creative Writing Department

HUM 380, 338-1891

The Creative Writing Department sometimes has internship possibilities, such as:

1) Velvet Revolution Reading Series Coordinator- CW Faculty and students love to read to the rest of us several times during each semester.  We need someone to plan and coordinate all the details of a Creative

Writing Student/Faculty Reading Series, from finding readers to reserving a room. 2) Wordsmith Guild officers – the graduate student organization always needs people to organize get-togethers, readings, etc. 3) Department  office assistant – answering student and faculty questions, photocopying, filing, answering the phone, scheduling appointments, cleaning and monitoring the graduate reading room, typing up notes, etc.

Dzanc Books

Interns will deal directly with the co-founders of Dzanc, as well as authors, booksellers, libraries, literary journals, distributors, and teachers. All assignments will be conducted online and include editing, marketing, distribution, proofreading, fundraising and grant writing. Dzanc Books, as a unique nonprofit press with a large list of remarkable authors and dozens of charitable programs involving literacy and writing, provides a great opportunity to experience publishing first hand. Not to mention the free books! Read details at the following webpage before applying To apply: email a cover letter explaining your interest in obtaining a Dzanc Internship, and which specific internship you are interested in, along with your resume (attached MS Word Document) and the name and email addresses of at least two references that we can contact.

Fourteen Hills/SFSU Review

Contact:   Junse Kim

415-338-3083, HUM 373,

Fourteen Hills is a nationally published literary magazine, edited and staffed by students. Interns play a vital role as staff members. Responsibilities include: participating in group discussions on submitted work, issue distribution, event planning, fundraising, and more. If you’re interested in helping to build a strong foundation for your department’s magazine, please email us at

Haight Ashbury Literary Journal,

San Francisco’s oldest and coolest literary magazine, is seeking an intern. The Journal publishes mostly poetry, but we also publish short stories. The intern would read poetry submissions and provide input on the selection of poems to be published; attend monthly editorial meetings; assist with clerical duties; update our Web site. This position can become a paid one if the intern wishes to engage in sales. To apply: email Cesar Love at .

Hamilton Families

1631 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

415-409-2100 x116

A nonprofit organization in San Francisco working with homeless and at-risk families, is seeking a volunteer graduate student or professional in the fields of creative writing or education to lead a writing workshop for parents in one or more of their residential programs in San Francisco. The facilitator will have a lot of freedom in developing the workshop format and content. Interested M.A. and M.F.A. students, please contact Megan Owens.

Intersection for the Arts

446 Valencia St., San Francisco, 94103

Contact: Nora Grant, Communications Manager,, 415-626-2787;

Dive into Intersection's print archive to research, craft, and curate a series of "throwback thursday" posts on Instagram that share Intersection's rich history in San Francisco. How to apply: send resume and brief cover letter to Engagement and Communications Manager, Nora Grant, at

Legal Resource Center

The Legal Resource Center at SFSU is looking for researchers! Please contact for details on how to apply.

Contact: Sophia Cross,

Duties will vary  for this large San Francisco literary festival: Working with authors at the events; Helping staff events; Collaborating on the program design and proofreading; Assisting the Executive Director; other fun and interesting tasks. Begins late August/early September. Should be available to attend meetings every Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:00 at SOMA office. To Apply: Please send a resume and cover letter to Sophia Cross at

The Marsh Theatre

1062 Valencia St., San Francisco  CA   94110

Contact: Susie Chang,

We are seeking an intern who appreciates The Marsh Theater, solo performances, or venues that actively encourage new creative voices, and wants to help us promote and celebrate all The Marsh has done in the last 30 years. In 1989, Stephanie Weisman, the theater’s founder and artistic director, started The Marsh because she wanted a place for writers and performers like herself to easily develop their performances. Since then, The Marsh has grown to two theaters (in the Mission district of San Francisco & downtown Berkeley) with over 600 shows a year and offers performance classes and events for both adults and youth. Come join our team as we ramp up for our 30th Anniversary in 2019 with special projects and events! This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to hone their skills in marketing, and special events and projects, while having the unique chance to work directly with a theater founder and artistic director. Please go here for more details and contact information;

McSweeney's and The Believer

…internships are haphazard, disorganized, and entirely unpaid. On the other hand, interns are vital to our whole operation, and they generally seem to have good experiences. And they do receive free books, not to mention our gratitude. Duties include reading submissions, finding images, checking facts, and going to the post office. Post-office trips aren't a huge percentage of the job, but they are one of its spiritual cores and must be undertaken with extreme enthusiasm. However, no one is ever asked to get coffee for anyone else. To apply, Email your resume and an explanation of why you’d like to work with McSweeney’s to Please including your areas of interest in a potential internship or volunteer-ship (copy-editing, marketing, reading submissions, etc.), your favorite McSweeney’s publication, and any other relevant experience. Interns must be at least eighteen years old and be based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Omnidawn Publishing

2200 Adeline St. Suite 150, Oakland, CA 94607

Contacts: Ken Keegan, Rusty Morrison, Rebecca Stoddard, 510-237-5472

Omnidawn Publishing seeks interns with an interest in poetry and/or favbulist fiction to work with us at our Oakland office for 8-10 hours a week. The internship program will focus on marketing, copywriting, and generally learning the inner workings of a small press. Our standard internship period is 12 months, but we are willing to consider semester-long internships on a case by case basis. Please read through the website before applying. To apply, interested applicants should send a cover letter, CV and (if interested in writing for OmniVerse) a writing sample or creative and/or critical work to senior editor Rusty Morrison at

Playground SF

PlayGround, a leading playwright incubator and producer of the Monday Night PlayGround series at Berkeley Rep, provides unpaid internships in the areas of marketing, public relations, development, producing, and literary management. Internships are personalized to meet the individual’s and organization’s needs and are generally 10 hours per week for 10 weeks, based at PlayGround’s South Berkeley offices (BART-accessible with plenty of nearby free parking). To apply, email letter, resume, references and writing sample to:

Poetry Center, SFSU

Hum 511/512, SFSU campus

Contact: Elise Ficarra, Assistant Director, 415-338-2227

The Poetry Center is a nationally recognized arts organization. It hosts a  distinguished reading series and houses the most elaborate poetry archives in the nation.  Library materials are available in book, audio and video  form.  To apply, submit a hardcopy application; available outside the Poetry Center, HUM 511.

Prison University Project

The prison University Project uses a student-centered, culturally-responsive model of teaching. Volunteer faculty are placed as instructors and tutors during our spring, summer, and fall terms and commit to 6 – 10 hours per week to their class for the duration of the semester. All volunteers should be comfortable with extensive communication with co-instructors and staff and should be open to exploring new teaching techniques. For information and to apply please visit

Project Read

A Project Read tutor meets regularly with an adult learner who wants to improve his or her reading and writing skills. Vo9lunteers tutor at libraries, adult educational facilities, and community-based organizations. Tutors must be at least 20 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent. To participate, please contact the Bridge at Main/ Project Read office at 415-557-4388 for information about upcoming tutor trainings.

Project Rebound

San Francisco State University

Cesar Chavez Student Center, M-102

Project Rebound is a special admissions program for people who were formerly incarcerated wanting to enter SFSU, offering an alternative to the revolving door policy of the criminal justice system by offering a program which encourages students to excel in a course of study.  If you would like to volunteer, they may need tutors, call them, email them, or stop by their office.  They are located on the mezzanine of Cesar Chavez Student Center.

Queer and Trans Resource Center

The Queer and Trans Resource Center (QTRC) is looking for enthusiastic, passionate students who are interested in issues affecting LGBTQIAP+ students at San Francisco State University. The Internship program is semester long and focuses on LGBTQIAP+ events, services, programming, and resources. The internship is intended to help the LGBTQIAP+ community at SFSU grow and strengthen its leadership skills through the pursuit of social justice and activism. To apply, please fill out the form on this page;

Red Light Lit

Contact: Jennifer Lewis, 415-377-0203,

Red Light Lit is an art and literary journal that explores love, lust, desire, sex and sexuality in the form of prose, poetry, photography and song. We need your expertise in the following areas: social media, copyediting, event planning and assisting on photo shoots. You must have attention to detail and excellent grammar skills. If you are interested in working with emerging writers and artists, please call.

Refugee Transitions,

870 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102

Contact: 415-989-2153

Offer your assistance as a tutor to a refugee or a new immigrant. Tutors help newcomer families adjust to urban American life, and reduce isolation by offering their friendship. Apply online:

Jaime Robles,, 510-362-6730

Assistant to the writer and poet Jaime Robles, tasks would include manuscript preparation, sending out manuscripts, working on website,, and researching grant and conference opportunities. During 2018-19 I will be working on the prepublication tasks of a book for the Sam Francis Foundation, which will present the poetry and visual art of abstract expressionist Sam Francis. I will need help with typing the manuscript, proofreading, page design and layout. Student would also help with maintenance of the arts review website, This internship provides a diverse selection of tasks all of which encompass the work of writing and publishing in various media.

Red Light Lit

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts

555 Portola Dr., San Francisco, CA 94131

415 695-5700

Volunteers are vital to the Asawa SOTA community. From feeding students during rehearsal weeks to painting benches, planting flowers, and greeting college representatives during campus visits, every person who donates their time truly supports arts education- not just for their own students, but for all students at Asawa SOTA. Check the calendar for regular volunteer opportunities. Sign up for something that fits your schedule or your skill set. To apply; please visit the above website for the volunteer calendar, and type of event, and email the person listed below each category of interest with your availability.

San Francisco Arts Commission, Writers Corps

San Francisco  CA

This program places writer/teachers in community settings to teach creative writing to youth.  There are a number of ways to get involved.

Small Press Distribution

1341 Seventh Street, Berkeley CA 94710

Contact: John Sakkis,   510-524-1668

If you are interested in a fall semester, winter/spring semester, or summer volunteership at SPD, please contact John Sakkis at Volunteers assist in all aspects of SPD pick/pack/ship warehouse operations, sales & marketing, publicity, data, and development. We generally ask for approximately 4 hours a week from volunteers. Volunteerships are unpaid. For more information call (510) 524-1668M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.

Small Press Traffic

Very part-time, unpaid internships are available at Small Press Traffic! These internships will take place partially 9-5 during the work week and on Friday and/or Saturday evenings. Interns will assist in programmatic activities including events, fundraising, web/blog management and archiving. Requirements: enthusiasm and willingness to learn; commitment to independent literatures and communities. Preferred: excelllent writing skills; community fundraising or event planning experience; additional hours to commit to fundraising/marketing projects. To apply: email letter detailing how your background and interest will contribute to our organization and what you wish to gain from this internship, as well as schedule commitments.

Smart Meetings

Based in Sausalito, this business magazine is offering great opportunities to work alongside writers, editors, web and graphic production artists and learn the magazine and publishing business. It could be a good fit for an undergraduate or graduate student with an interest in writing, journalism, magazine production and web content writing or a combination. We are looking for a self-starting editorial intern that cannot wait to get their hands dirty in the publishing world. We look for students that are willing to work diligently, eagerly tackling a wide variety of tasks and writing assignments. Editorial isn’t just writing, so interns that are open to learning new things and contribute do well here. You will work independently and with the rest of the editorial team, so prioritization and collaboration skills are important along with your writing skills. You should have some writing or journalism experience, as well as some familiarity with print and digital tools. Self-motivated writers with a strong work ethic and a desire to get things done should apply. Current interns have committed to around 20 hours per week. Applicable SFSU program credits apply. To apply email resumes or letters to Luc Troussieux, President,, or apply to our paid intern position here;

Tenderloin After School Project,

225 Eddy St., San Francisco, CA

Contact: Vivy Chao, 415-776-8407, This Center serves low-income Tenderloin youth between the ages of 5 to 17 years old and is a safe, supportive space for kids. eager to enlist volunteers who have strong academic skills to be mentors and provide tutoring on basic subjects—like reading, math, science, and history. Please note that volunteers must make a minimum six month commitment and work between 4-6 hours every month (6 hours a week minimum for 3 unit course credit). A background check is also required.

The Velvet Revolution Student Showcase

Hear and be heard!  The Velvet Revolution, the student-run weekly reading series, is looking for student hosts (graduate and undergraduate) during the Fall 2018 semester!  Responsibilities will include scouting local and student readers, generating interest and publicity for the readings through social media and flyers, hosting, occasionally providing light refreshments for the Velvet Revolution events. This is a great way to get to the know the faculty and student writers on campus, as well as help create community within the SFSU Creative Writing department!  If you are interested, please email

VIZ, LLC, a multi-media company specializing in offering a Japanese integrated product line of magazines, comics, graphic novels, videos, DVDs and audio soundtracks to U.S. audiences. VIZ publishes over 20 titles every month including Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, Sailor Moon etc. Seeks one paid publishing editorial and one paid creative design intern to work with editorial and publishing teams. Primary editorial responsibilities: assist editorial department with: general office support; editorial and design support. Required Qualifications: excellent command of English grammar and spelling; proofing/copyediting skills preferable); knowledge of or interest in publishing industry; should have manga/anime general knowledge; computer literate (Mac systems preferable); dependable, organized, responsible, detail-oriented; must live in or commute to the San Francisco bay area; must be able to work legally in the United States. Application information here:

Women's Center SFSU

The Women's Center is dedicated to providing resources for all womxn-identified people and to foster a safe environment. They have great things planned and we will need as much support as possible.To apply, please fill out the form on this link;

Writing Ourselves Whole

Contact: Jen Cross,, 415-608-3398

Based in Oakland, Writing Ourselves Whole has offered creative writing workshops for trauma survivors and others since 2003. I offer generative writing groups and manuscript groups, both in-person and online. Writers engage in transformative writing practice in community in order to restory individual trauma experience and reconnect those parts of ourselves we are trained to hide. Through writing together and offering one another deep generosity and kind witness, we find language for what was never meant to be spoken, and create beauty from the "unspeakable" stuff of our lives. . I would be interested in working with students who have (or want to develop) social media outreach skills, promotional skills, workshop facilitation skills, and organizational development skills. I would be happy to work with someone who wanted to participate in writing groups, someone seeking mentorship/support around their writing group facilitation skills, especially when working with traumatized communities. You can find more information about Writing Ourselves Whole at, and I can be reached by phone at 415-608-3398

The Z Space Studio

1663 Mission St. Suite 304, San Francisco, CA 94103

Contact:, 415-626-0453

Most interns start in a revolving internship. This internship will split the intern's total time at the Z Space into thirds: marketing, artistic production,and fundraising/development. We require a minimum commitment of 10 hours per week for our interns. Except in special circumstances approved by the General Manager, interns must schedule their hours between 9 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Requires a minimum of a three month commitment. There is no maximum duration. Qualifications: have a passion for words and theater, ability to prioritize, multi-tasking skills in busy environment, self-motivated, have initiative, excellent communication skills. To apply: mail cover letter (including area of primary interest) and resume to Attn: Internship Director/The Z Space Studio/131 10th Street, Third Floor/San Francisco, California 94103 or email with subject line "Internship Application".

Some of these contacts may be out-dated, or addresses and phone numbers may have changed. Please let the Creative Writing Office know of any changes so we can update this list every semester.  Thanks for your help in keeping this list current!

Also check out the Yellow Pages of your phone book. Look for listings under Publishers, Theatres, Schools, or whatever else you can think of that might be related to your interests in writing, theatre, or teaching.


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Archive for February 8, 2012

No way of stopping leak of deadly new flu, says terror chief

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The bioterrorism expert responsible for censoring scientific research which could lead to the creation of a devastating pandemic has admitted the information “is going to get out” eventually.

Professor Paul Keim, chairman of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, controversially recommended that researchers be stopped from publishing the precise mutations needed to transform the H5N1 strain of birdflu virus into a human-transmissible version.

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, he argued it had been necessary to limit the release of the scientific details because of fears that terrorists may use the information to create their own H5N1 virus that could be spread easily between people.

Professor Keim said that it was necessary to slow down the release of scientific information because it was clear that the world is not yet prepared for a strain of highly lethal H5N1 influenza that can be transmitted by coughs and sneezes.

“We recognised that, in the long term certainly, the information is going to get out, and maybe even in the mid term. But if we can restrict it in the short term and motivate governments to start getting busy in terms of Read more…

Unmanned drones to invade U.S. airspace in 2015

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Unmanned drones to invade U.S. airspace in 2015It’s been a long time coming, but the U.S. Congress just handed two orders to the Federal Aviation Administration: to upgrade its radar system to GPS and to open up manned airspace to unmanned drones. The latter is causing some concern, but both of these things, if done right, could mean some great things for aviation.
The concerns aren’t about whether or not heavily armed Predator drones (pictured above) will be flying around, but more about this kind of stuff, as reported by USA Today:

Commercial pilots have raised safety concerns. Although pilots are required to spend time flying planes and are tested on their abilities to hold licenses, no similar rules exist for the controllers of remote aircraft. Likewise, the FAA doesn’t certify drones like passenger planes against engine failure or wings falling off.

Drones operate with far fewer Read more…

The West’s First War with China

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This month marks the 350th anniversary of the West’s first war with China. In February 1662, Generalissimo Zheng Chenggong swept the Dutch off of Taiwan, bringing the island under Chinese rule for the first time in history. The Dutch were Europe’s most dynamic colonial power, and the Taiwan colony was their largest holding in Asia, so the war is fascinating from the perspective of global history, touching on the question of the global balance of power in the pre-modern world.

But the war also has lessons for today, because among the factors that enabled the Chinese to win was a rich, effective, and, to Westerners, mysterious military tradition – a strategic culture that provided a discernable boost to Chinese warcraft. The Dutch, famous in Europe for their weapons, tactics, and logistics, found themselves hopelessly outclassed by the Chinese. Since military leaders in China today are Read more…

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Island nations want climate change in world court

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The small island nations who are highly vulnerable due to climate change are seeking to take the issue before International Court of Justice. – File Photo

UNITED NATIONS: Small island nations, whose very existence is threatened by the rising sea levels brought about by global warming, are seeking to take the issue of climate change before the International Court of Justice.

Johnson Toribiong, president of Palau, said Friday his country and other island nations had formed an expert advisory committee to bring the issue before the U.N. General Assembly. That would allow the world court in the Hague to determine the legal ramifications of Read more…

China is flexing its muscles in the Pacific Ocean

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China’s Navy ships moved to the Western part of the Pacific for military exercise. In response Tokyo expressed its concern about the growing naval activity of the Chinese Armed Forces in that region.

According to Japanese mass media, a group consisting of four battle ships (frigates) of the Chinese Navy passed through the waters between the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Miyako. The Chinese Defense Ministry already made a statement that the tour of the ships is connected to the preparation of the annual military exercise of routine nature. In response to the concern of the Japanese side, Beijing stated that China has a free right to pass in those waters. According to the Chinese authorities, that is completely Read more…

Philipines records an astounding 900 aftershocks in first 24 hours after 6.9 magnitude earthquake

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Residents walk along a damaged road caused by an earthquake in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental in central Philippines February 7, 2012. Philippine rescuers searched on Tuesday for 29 residents of a mountainside community feared dead after a landslide triggered by an earthquake engulfed their homes. A magnitude 6.7 quake struck near Tayasan town in the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday. Fifteen people are known to have been killed while several remote towns have been cut off because of damage to roads and bridges.

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Feb. 7 (PIA) — The local seismology monitors recorded as much as 900 mild aftershocks as of noontime today after the 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Central Visayas on Feb. 6.

According to the local Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), through Engineer Nolan Evangelista, aftershocks are just ordinary incidents after a major earth movement.

Evangelista also shared that the most noticeable aftershocks reached intensity 3 that was recorded at around 6:10 p.m. yesterday and another one at 7:32 p.m., which reached intensity 2.

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More than hundred dolphins beached in Cape Cod baffle scientists

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Animal rescuers are working to save more than a hundred common dolphins beached off Cape Cod, Mass., since January 12. Marine scientists have been unable to explain the recent pattern of dolphins being washed ashore.

The recent beachings have been described as the largest single-species stranding ever in that part of the U.S. According to Daily Mail, of 116 common dolphins that beached on Cape Cod since January 12, three died on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths to 84. CNN reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had reported that 81 dolphins died at Cape Cod in the series of strandings that began last month. According to ABC News, hundreds of volunteers are working to save the dolphins by releasing them into deep water. CNN says the animals are Read more…


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Why not Wisdom?

Kathy Sharp

barnowlThere has been much discussion recently in the Facebook group Books for Older Readers. Is this the right name for this emerging genre, we ask – and what types of books does it actually include?

Is the word older problematic or just honest? Do other words such as third-ager have an uncomfortable touch of the euphemism about them? Should the books feature older characters and tackle the issues, good and bad, that come with later life? Or should they be written by older writers?

All valid questions – so I asked a few of myself. Do I mind being called ‘older’? No, not really, it’s just a matter of fact. I could equally accept being called a ‘third-ager’ – but I understand that public perception counts for  much and that it’s important to get this right. And what kinds of books am I attracted to, as an ‘older’ reader?…

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Kathy Sharp lives by the sea in Dorset. She is a prolific writer of song lyrics and short fiction, and is the author of the Larus Trilogy of novels, inspired by the dramatic scenery of the Jurassic Coast. Published by Crooked Cat Publishing
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