Join me in 2025.

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Saturday, September 27, 5 to 10:30 p.m.
Stepping Out Gala, To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation
Marin Exhibit Hall, San Rafael, CA

No one should have to face breast cancer alone.

I’ll be volunteering as a fashion model to raise funds for women facing new breast cancer diagnoses. The early days of diagnosis are the least certain; To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation helps pay for treatment, meals, transportation, and mental-health support for new survivors in the San Francisco Bay area. Although walking the runway is a big stretch for me, so is facing cancer. You can learn more about what we’re doing here. Support us if you wish!

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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Become the River Literary Festival
Grange Hall, Coloma, CA

An inaugural literary event to feature authors who have been greatly inspired by their connection to the river and paddling culture. The event will feature two panel discussions with poets and prose writers (The River as Muse 1 and 2). A third panel will include both authors and river advocacy leaders (Giving Back to the Muse).

I’m pleased to be reading on both panels: poetry from Swimming Grand Canyon and Other Poems (Finishing Line, 2023) and previews from the forthcoming Boatwoman: A River Memoir (Bison/U of Nebraska, 2027). And the third panel should be most interesting of all: river authors speaking with our friends in water advocacy.

Tickets are free, so you can RSVP now for guaranteed entry. Love to see you there!

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Sunday, November 9, 2025
Birds and Words Hike: Crow, Raven, and Jay: Corvids on Oona-pa’is
Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen, CA

Be among the first to sign up for a literary bird walk on Oona-pa’is (Sonoma Mountain). We’ll stroll to Jack London’s Ranch and beyond, looking for wild birds and especially musing on corvids. We’ll investigate crow talk, raven lore, and those baffling jays as well as look into writing about corvids from Oona-pa’is literature and works from farther afield. More details here.