The Elephant in the Room: Labyrinth of the Heart Update
An update on the Newcomers in an Ancient Land sequel, a wild ride down the Middle Fork of the American River, and why an elephant is the perfect totem for a season of renewal.
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How One Mentor Sparked My Greatest Adventure and My Memoir
Have you ever reunited with a long-lost mentor? A teacher or another person who influenced your life in ways you never imagined? That’s what a charismatic Moroccan-French-Israeli woman did for me when I was just sixteen. But it wasn’t until writing my first memoir, Newcomers in an Ancient Land, that I realized just how much she’d…
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Stories are like mushrooms
Stories are like mushrooms. Who knows where they start or end? Perhaps you stumble across one on a walk in the redwoods at dusk after a spring shower has drenched the earth and the conditions are just right. The setting sun streaks the trees in glowing bronze.
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Is Hindsight 20/20? Checking the Crystal Ball in your Rear-View Mirror
Writing a memoir is like setting off on a long journey, destination unknown. Straining under the weight of your own baggage – most of it unconscious – you’re soon forced to sort your memories for what rings true and what does not, what to keep and what to toss. And like that ancient traveler, Odysseus,…
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Keeping Readers Engaged on a Journey Through Time
“You make the path by walking on it.” — Antonio Machado In writing Newcomers in an Ancient Land – the story of my youthful quest for adventure, love and self-discovery in 1960’s Israel – one of my biggest challenges was figuring out how to keep readers engaged through all the twists and turns of my…
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Musings on the Lunar New Year!
Greetings for the the Lunar New Year – also known as Chinese New Year, the Tet Festival (in Viet Nam) and the Spring Festival! Celebrations well under way throughout China, Southeast Asia and the of course, the San Francisco Bay Area where I live.
