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Upcoming Poetry Publication

I am honored to have the poem "None the Less" included in A Year in Ink, Volume 9.

Updates will be provided on the publication date of the anthology through the Writer's Ink website and Facebook pages in the weeks to come.

The anthology reading and launch party is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7th at Cygnet’s Old Town Theatre, San Diego California.

A Year in Ink (YII) is an anthology of the creative work of San Diego County writers, published each year by San Diego Writers, Ink. The annual publication represents a sampling of the tangible results of our community’s diligent scribblers.
Volume 9 will include short stories, novel and memoir excerpts, creative nonfiction, satire, flash fiction, and poetry. Every year our Anthology authors are a diverse group, young and old, new writers and much-published veterans.
SDWI receives numerous submissions each summer; A Year in Ink follows a blind submission process; authors are not identified until the selection process ends.

 - San Diego Writer's, Ink

I am excited to participate in this years Maker Faire in San Diego sharing the recycled material LED lights I made with the generous help of Nick Lonack.  If your in the area, October 3 - 4, I highly recommend checking it out.
There are a lot of hands on making experiences available and I hear Ann Onimouse is going to bring the Wonder Car (a painted pink Jaguar - to say the least) to this show and share event.
There are plenty of free activities to enjoy without ticketed entry!

http://sdmakerfaire.org/call-for-makers/2015-exhibitors/

Event Map

#SDMakerFaire

What is Maker Faire? 

Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth — a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. 

Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.

5th Grade Recycled Art Projects - Photography

These are some of the photos that the students took of their recycled art pieces. 

They used the school's iPads, my small digital camera and iPhone 5.

The focus was on perspective, composition, lighting and exposure, experimentation and intentional blur.

Ideally they would have been able to work on them through the school's computers - giving them the opportunity to manipulate the photos and experiment with the elements of photography... but alas, we ran out of time. Maybe next year.

These were the art pieces that were part of the Recycled Art A Go-Go show held during the Friday Night @ Liberty event on June 7th 2013.

(I will post a few photos from the show next.)