I'm now an adjunct!
Becoming an adjunct business professor at DVC, where my grandfather once performed in choir, to teach digital marketing and bring real-world experience to students.
2020
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Sat 24 October 2020
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Sun 27 September 2020
A one-hour brain dump
Stream-of-consciousness reflections on California life during the pandemic, neighborhood conversations, and considering leaving the Bay Area.
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Sun 23 August 2020
Three early observations about writing a novel
Three insights from writing my first novel: character development drives story, fiction flows like dreaming awake, and decision fatigue is real.
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Thu 02 July 2020
Origin story of my protagonist's wife
Character development exercise: creating the backstory for Jo, the protagonist's wife in my novel, through a childhood food kitchen experience.
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Tue 30 June 2020
My first protagonist's origin story
Origin story for my novel's protagonist: seven-year-old Ben's Air Jordan disappointment when parents lose income, shaping his adult drive for control.
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Fri 12 June 2020
Ten years of marriage
Celebrating ten years of marriage: from meeting in Sacramento to Boston to wine country wedding, building family and community in the suburbs.
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Sat 28 March 2020
Personal, Perceptible, Practical
Susan Solomon's framework for solving complex problems: make solutions personal, perceptible, and practical - applied to coronavirus and climate.
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Mon 24 February 2020
How I could be Republican
Exploring traditional Republican values like conservation, small government, fiscal responsibility, and freedom to find common ground across party lines.