A group of us had lunch at my home with the writer Brian Ascalon Roley (author American Son) who's visiting Santa Monica, CA. Present were: Joselyn Geaga-Rosenthal, Brian Roley, Marilyn Alquizola (America is in the Heart: a Personal History revised), Jaime Geaga, Noel Alumit (author Letters to Montgomery Clift), and me. We had such great fun talking about literature, politics, being … [Read more...] about Fil Am Writers Gather in Santa Monica, CA
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Old Photographs 4 — Cecilia Brainard — 6–7 Years Old
My childhood seemed to have stretched out longer than human time. Those childhood memories have a dreamlike quality. I have memories of the time when I was perhaps three, perhaps younger. I even have an infant memory, although I am not sure if this is a true memory, of me laying on the bed and a big dog entering the room and everyone getting excited. I remember being with my Yaya Yvonne in the … [Read more...] about Old Photographs 4 — Cecilia Brainard — 6–7 Years Old