Catch-up

Yes, the semester has begun, with me teaching two comp courses and sitting on two committees. Because of my near-total memory loss for June, I feel that the summer was "collapsed" somehow. Yet it's good to be back. I love teaching and San Jose State, for all its urban-ness, is still a beautiful campus to me, full of hope and good memories.

Not much news, BUT, as a catch-up:

I recently had a poem accepted by Common Ground Review in Massachusetts, "My Father at Seventy," a piece about my father growing old.

I had a visitor to this blog from the Executive Office of the President of the United States, Washington DC (a little server faery told me). The search term was "strega". President Obama, my consulting fee is a big high, but I'll give you a discount, as long as I get some organic produce from the White House garden into the bargain. :)

I have my book still being looked at by one agent, but am querying more after a fairly long hiatus (since March, when my health problems cropped up).

And everything else is going really rather well, life-wise, and I am grateful, as always, for life's goodness through everything.