I often attend the ASJA annual conference, where I glean many lessons about writing and life, but I’ve never been to the Mayborn literary nonfiction conference. They have what looks like an amazing line-up this July. Mayborn literary nonfiction conferences are well known to literary nonfiction aficionados. The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference July 24-26, 2009 Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference…
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Medford’s Marvels
My article about cool things to do in Medford, Oregon, came out in the Oregonian on May 16, 2009: Medford gets a bad rap. It’s nearly impossible to miss on a visit to southern Oregon, but the city has never caught on as a tourist destination. Although some 600,000 passengers fly through the Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport every year, tourists…
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On Not Voting Democratic
News flash: I’m not voting Democratic. Today while I was writing an article (about Ashland’s beloved Lithia Park) I got a phone call from a nervous campaigner for the Democratic party. “Jennifer,” he began, and kept inserting my name into the speech he was obviously reading from. “We elected Barack Obama, Jennifer…” He was asking for campaign contributions to the…
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Traveling to Mexico
All this hype about swine flu has me thinking about traveling to Mexico. Now is a great time to go! Airfare is cheap and once you arrive you’re treated like royalty. Poor Mexico. First tourists got scared by the drug warfare and thousands of murders. Now there’s swine flu keeping Americans away. The first time I considered going to Mexico…
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Denise Cerreta in More magazine
Sexy Brooke Shields, 43, is on the cover of the May issue of More magazine but my girl Denise Cerreta is on page 77 looking just as gorgeous! Here’s a teaser from the first page of the article: “No prices. No menu. No waste. Denise Cerreta gave up her successful acupuncture practice to open a pay-what-you-want restaurant that helps feed…
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New York, New York, Big City of Dreams
New York New York Big city of dreams Everything in New York Ain’t always what it seems But don’t be fooled if you come from out of town I’m down by law And I know my way around Too much. Too many people. Ut uh, ut ut ut ut ut, ut uh… I’ve never seen so many people in one…
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