Hello Portland, hello twitter, hello #AWP19, hello spaces I have been circling for some time...nice to be here.

My writer-sister names winter weariness, craning our necks like wildflowers toward spring, and the always call, to “reach out if you need it, because we need you.”

Macondista @XochitlJulisa reading poems with her people: one of the highlights of #AWP19.

“Optimism/ Idealism/Imagination/Love—these are powers.” @authorKQ, from “Who’s Got the Power,” #AWP19

And Math supports UTLA's demands. No gambling with our students, colleagues or community's health, LAUSD leadership. Let's put this fire OUT starting NOW. Austin Beutner #CloseTheSchools medium.com/@tomaspueyo/co…

You might hear people saying it isn't real. It is. You might hear people saying it isn't bad. It is. You might hear people saying it can't take you down. It can. I survived Ebola. I fear #COVIDー19. Do your part. Stay home. Stay safe. And every day I'll come to work for you

Reading of the Press Release Part 1

LAUSD informed staff at Wright MS there will be a vote 2.8.22 to relocate them from their home of 66 years to give the space entirely to WISH charter. We need transparency, listening to stakeholders, and active support of our local public schools NOW. @MiamiSup #savewrightms

Dreaming of an Alternate Universe in which schools with declining enrollment get innovative support with stakeholder input instead of a relocation "proposal"...and a flashback to the quest to #savewrightms from 2018: @MiamiSup integratedschools.org/skin-in-the-ga…

I submitted my YA novel to Voyage First Chapters Contest and a query for my memoir-in-verse to a dream agent. Thanks for the push, Women Who Submit #Submit1