In The Mushroom Farmer — to confront food insufficiency in Los Angeles made even worse by COVID-19, the mf expands his vegetable garden to the parkway between sidewalk and curb

The Mushroom Farmer, Book Three, Chapter 6
Ghost pumpkin seedlings looked down on the mf from vegetable heaven. They shook their first true leaves and called him names.
IN THE NEWS: hear me recently on KCRW’s “Pressplay with Madeleine Brand”
STOPLOOK&LISTEN for this recent essay, “REMOTE TEACHER LOVE” —
on my favorite lit site in LA —
ENTROPY.


Nick Lowe image courtesy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nick_Lowe_Jesus_of_Cool.jpg
layout by me very own olda sis-ta-ta Anne. I love her.
fotos by Steffie; see caption.
Did you hear I have an essay featured in Best American Sports Writing 2020?

“How I Got to First Base,” The Sun, November 2020
“The Orange Appreciation Award,” The Sun, March 2020
“Gritty All Day Long,” The Sun, November 2019

and dang if you have made it all the way to this auspicious point, it sounds like you have something you might want to say. In which case all you gotta do is holler
Your turn!