the BIKE!
Bike’s fixed (finally), tuned-up and ready for Eureka. Ah, being home. Since Has Beans is in the midst of management and ownership changes, Old Town Coffee & Chocolates would have to caffeinate this morning.
paul, rich & North Coast Journal. Coffee, conversation, catching-up--early morning in Old Town perfect for these.
Saint Paul and Spirit Rich are there, Jeff Katz, Paul from Scotch Wiggly, too— a few of the regulars I missed while teaching in China.
Paul (Saint not Wiggly) is reading a North Coast Journal. And so is Rich. And I have my camera. You know what’s coming, right?
Gratuitous self-promotion, keen product placement.
I wrote the cover story for this week’s North Coast Journal–if you’ve been following this blog, you’ll recognize facts and bits of information about China and its education system in the Journal. The piece focuses on two
Saint Paul, click pic & go to Journal story 
students, Mia and Sharpay, and explains their lives as students and how they came to be enrolled in Humboldt College, the joint venture between Humboldt State and Xi’an International Studies University. Of course, there’re pics, too.
*Now, you all know I’m looking for a job—sure do like to write, take photos, sing and make music. So I put this out to God, the Universe, pranksters, agents, talent scouts, mystery mavens and anyone who might could use a deadline-adhering media person, songwriter, performer/ entertainer: I’m for hire. And I’d love to tell YOUR story. I could sing it, photograph it. TELL it with creativity and compassion.
Enjoy the Journal. Get java Old Town Coffee & Chocolates. Listen to the wisdom of Paul. He shared a poem with me this morning that you should hear
I read your story in the Journal and thoroughly enjoyed it. Have said it before – you are an excellent writer. I would certainly hire you if I was scouting talent. Keep on working your magic – it WILL happen.
Pat, thanks. I believe, too. Good stuff—music, writing, *employment*—are in store.
Thanks for reading. I always appreciate your feedback and encouragement.
Greeting, Josephine! This is Violet. How is everything going back home? I read your story and shared it with my friends on Chinese Facebook. I like it a lot. It really says a lot about the program and everything I have been through. Since I wanna be a researcher or professor in the future, it will be very stimulating to inspire more young minds to look and beyond their own boxes. You did such a great job in introducing and helping the new Humboldtians to their coming academic life in the US. Love, Violet