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With many thanks . . .

December 10, 2008

I want to draw attention today to our many supporters, whose donations keep this journal up and running.  We’ve recently received much-needed financial help from Alfred Scolari, Kyle Hernandez, owner of Second Story Books of Claremont, and Gay Degani, Michael Woodcock, Vic Fortezza, and Joseph Grant, all of whom have stories or art appearing in [...]

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New Issue of Faraway Now In Print!

December 3, 2008

For those of you who have been waiting to get your hands on a copy of the latest issue of Faraway, today is the day!  Copies still warm from the presses are now on display at Second Story Books of Claremont, California.  In the coming days there will also be copies in Borders Bookstore in [...]

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NaNoWriMo: It Begins!

November 1, 2008

Today was the first day of November, which means it was the first day of National Novel Writing Month.  I met with a friend at CK Cafe in Claremont, a little hidden cafe filled with comfy chairs and tables that are just the right height.  Soon there were nine writers there, plugging away at their [...]

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NaNoWriMo Reminder

October 31, 2008

Remember: tomorrow, November 1st, is the first day of National Novel Writing Month.  Go to www.NaNoWriMo.org to sign up for a free homepage where you can post your progress and get in touch with other writers in your area.  Also tomorrow, I’ll be sitting down in CK Cafe in Claremont to kick off NaNoWriMo, trying [...]

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NaNoWriMo Event This Saturday

October 29, 2008

This Saturday beginning at 1 PM there will be a “write-in” held in the Claremont Village to kick off National Novel Writing Month, 2008.  Visit CK Cafe in the Claremont Village during the early afternoon hours and you’ll find me there, trying to plug away at the first 1,667 words of the 50,000 needed to [...]

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Another marathon training update

October 26, 2008

I ran ten miles today in 1:33:40, slightly over my goal time. I actually felt pretty good, except that I was really, really thirsty for the last two miles or so. I went out on a limb yesterday at the Claremont VIllage Venture street fair and purchased four packets of energy gel, two from Gu [...]

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Jared Diamond Lecture

October 23, 2008

I attended a lecture last night by Jared Diamond at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont.  The lecture itself was similar to one I had seen him give two years ago at the UCLA Festival of Books, and basically rehashes the content of his most recent book, Collapse.  Nevertheless, I was reminded again that out of [...]

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Jared Diamond is Coming to Claremont

October 20, 2008

Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, will be at Harvey Mudd College this Thursday to talk about his most recent book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail.  Diamond will speak as part of the “Biology and the Environment: Past, Present and Future” series.  The event is free and open to the [...]

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Marathon and NaNoWriMo

October 19, 2008

Marathon For the Arts
I just got back from my long run for the week and I am beat!  I ran nine miles in 1:19:37, well below my goal time (1:21:39), most of it along the Pacific Electric Bike Trail.  I also took a detour down Euclid Avenue through Upland, where there is a large, grassy [...]

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Marathon For the Arts Fundraiser Training

October 5, 2008

I just got done with my long run for the week.  I ran seven miles along the Pacific Electric bike trail which runs from Claremont to somewhere near Rancho Cucamonga, I believe.  I ran the seven miles in 62:47, which I think is under my goal per mile time of 9:10, but it was grueling.  [...]

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