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What It Takes The sun does not rise easily. A whole planet must spin on its axis-take with it warring countries, pull culture clashes and opposing ideologies round and round-to make    these days begin. The colors, not simple either-all splotches of red and orange and another hue so hard to name I might call it bravery-bold enough to smear the sky.   There's a reason such audacious colors strip the heavens of nightly blue elegance. Boldness requires space and freedom and takes it all upon morning.   Do you have what it takes? You must, for you're a girl and no one will … [Read more...]

Embroidered Sleeves She loves how the night sky promises nothing.   It just falls as powder falls, as much by accident    as by design. Her embroidered sleeves   envy crows that smoke cigars in old cartoons.   She sometimes wishes that someone cared enough   to portray her completely wrong.   She loves how the night sky promises nothing.   It just falls as powder falls, as much by accident    as by design. Her embroidered sleeves   envy crows that smoke cigars in old cartoons.   She sometimes wishes that someone cared … [Read more...]

ACROSS THE STREET: MARCH, 2020 Across the street, the girls have begun yelling at each other. They are each dramatic in their own right. The oldest one is twelve and a regional theater star with a Los Angeles agent. Her little sister has a perpetual pout and has sung the Star-Spangled Banner at the opening of our local baseball games. But now, they are yelling. They hate each other. They hate their parents. They have been home from school for ten days in a row without friends over for distraction. They have a set of grandparents in Los Angeles they cannot visit because they might … [Read more...]

How to Save Your Marriage Before the Elevator Reaches the Hotel Lobby 15th Floor: Wait for an empty elevator. Push all the buttons so it stops at every floor to give yourself time to think on the way down. 14th Floor: When a woman gets on and sees the buttons all lit up, blame it on a bunch of obnoxious kids playing on the elevator: "Ridiculous." Think of your own kids and wonder if you should've left your panties on. 13th Floor: When the woman tries to chat with you, avoid this by staring intently at your phone's lock screen, a picture of your happy family. Wonder what they're doing … [Read more...]

"Do not miss Red Riviera" New Review Praises David Downie's Latest The Part-Time Parisian's new review of Red Riviera praises the tactfully drawn history and landscape of Italy's coast in Downie's new thriller. David Downie made his career as a travel writer, penning famous and popular guides to European cities like Paris and Amsterdam. Not only is he obsessed with traveling, but like any writer he is as much a researcher as a chronicler. For this reason, the Italian Riviera (his current home), feels unique and alive in Red Riviera. In their review of the new thriller, The … [Read more...]