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Winter 2025 Newsletter
Hi friend! What a time! My life keeps changing. I’ve been calling this my ‘chaotic transition phase’. It’s been hard to focus on issues in the bigger world while trying to stabilize myself. I read Everything is Workable: A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution by Diane Musho Hamilton, where she said, “Without inner peace, outer…
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Fall 2025 Newsletter
Hi friend, Can you believe it is September!? Time is passing. And life is happening whether we like it or not. This fall for the first time in 5 years, I am not teaching!! It feels amazing. Instead, I have been working at the CSUN Writing project and on the Los Feliz Writers Festival doing…
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Summer 2025 Newsletter
Hi peeps! I am starting to realize that I am on a different cycle than the the sun in regards to the seasons. The summer solstice is on June 20th – but I am already in the mindset of summer. Well, not the mindset, but like – I am preparing my summer plans, and thus…
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Spring 2025 Newsletter
Hi Peeps! I know it’s just turned February and Spring doesn’t officially start until March, but things have been so fucked that I’m ready for the rebirth. I’m sure you are, too! (And as a teacher – it is Spring Semester. So I’m in the Spring Mindset.) In this newsletter you’ll find: Love you lots!…
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Winter 2024-2025 Newsletter
Hi pals! Well fuck me, it’s been a time. It’s been hard for a lot of people, it’s been hard for America, and it’s been hard for me. It’s always hard for the animals #climatecrisis. To be honest, I have been in my own little universe of suffering that it’s been hard for me to…
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Fall 2024 Newsletter
Hi pals! It’s about time for my seasonal newsletter! I write this 6 days before September, although it already feels like Fall for me since school started back two weeks ago. I know. So early! I am in a weird place again, but I know it is temporary. While I had a lovely summer and…
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Summer 2024 Newsletter
Hiya pals! Sammy here and much in need of a summer newsletter. Composing this helps me process my life – so thanks for reading. Chapter-Where-I-Finish-My-Masters-At-Treehouse is just ending and a new chapter is beginning. Summer 2024 is here! I have fun plans and exciting updates for you (I moved – again!). And as with every…
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Spring 2024 Newsletter
Wow! I can’t believe that I’m actually creating a Spring Newsletter like I said I would. It came organically because I have some big news that I need to share with people, and I’m trying to figure out the most efficient way to communicate it – and alas, the newsletter form called to me. Here’s…
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Winter 2023-2024 Newsletter
Hey Peeps, Happy New Years! It’s 2024! Yay! Well, mostly? I know many people are nervous about this year. With US Elections as well as the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel/Palestine, there are many people murmuring about World War Three coming. To be honest, I’m nervous, too. When you hear “good” people saying, “the…