Julia Park Tracey

e-mail received today: Hi Julia, I’m pleased to announce East Bay Monthly has been nominated for an Utne Independent Press Award! (thre press release follows…) UTNE READER ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES FOR 19th ANNUAL UTNE INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS 2007; 111 STANDOUT PUBLICATIONS MAKE IT TO THE FINAL ROUND Minneapolis, MN (October 18, 2007) –Utne Reader has officially announced its nominees for the magazine’s 2007 Independent Press Awards, which honors the very best in independent media from the pool of more than 1,300 sources Utne uses to cull its content. Among the 111 nominees selected were old favorites as well as a number of newcomers. Utne will announce the winners in January/February…

I like the rain. I just hate driving in it. Out here at the Base, I pretend that I live in Scotland, and then the gray gloom doesn’t bother me so much. I love the Canada geese flying overhead, honking, as if they’re going somewhere important. They’re not, but their instincts tell them it’s time to fly in formation, so they gather, spread wings, and take off, fly a couple of hundred yards, then settle downon the grass to eat and poop some more. Life as a goose. It’s not so hard. I’m in the midst of last-minute Literati scheduling and PR-ing. Madness, I tell you. The living room is…

Lumens*or, Found Poem, with Edits The bone-pot simmers,the lemon blossom fades.The last leaf falls.Regardez, beside the line of roses braving the November air,just beyond the sage-green shutters to wherea would-be novelist blackens white pages in her chill room. See you all when Winter’s come. *Wikipedia: The lumen can be thought of casually as a measure of the total “amount” of visible light. A very short poem or line of poetry — idea popularized by poet Olga Broumas.

Went to the National Business Women’s Week awards in town yesterday and was a presenter for one of the awards. This is the same org that gave me the LENA (Woman of the Year) award a few years ago. Lovely, smart women, all of them. Photos by Carrie Beavers, and here’s the caption: The Isle City Business and Professional Women’s annual awards ceremony honoring local women of achievement took place Sunday, in honor of National Business Women’s Week. Pictured are presenters and award winners (holding awards): Kathy Shaughnessy, Bank of Alameda; Kathy Moehring, LENA Award; Lena Tam, vice mayor of Alameda; Kate Quick, community service award; Dr. Cecelia Cervantes, education…

…that he loves me and I look gorgeous and he is so happy he found me 46 months ago today, in an e-mail he just sent me with this photo. 😉 Happy two months of wedded bliss, my dearest.