Welcome, bienvenidos, bem-vindos, willkommen, etc.
"Talk about yourself," instructed my website designer. Well, okay; how often do you really get the chance, as it were (she thought, tongue-in-cheek)?... Thus, in this egocentric vein: This site features some of my creative works in art (painting, drawing, photography) and writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry). You can also find out here about my travels, languages and language work. You can learn a bit about the orchids I grow, and "meet" my immediate family (fur persons definitely included).
>> Short story "The Cold Scientist," published in SNReview in Summer 2008 issue.
>> Short story "Nature Abhors A Vacuum," published in The Fairfield Review in Fall 2007 issue.
>> Interview with Boulder Weekly October 25, 2007 issue.
>> Short story "Turnabout," published in Word Riot ezine in September 2007 issue.
>> Short story "La Jaula/The Cage," published in Hiss Quarterly ezine in Summer 2007 issue.
>> Essay, "Cuba, Cuba," published in The Rose & Thorn ezine in Summer 2007 issue.
>> Review of Seducing the Rabbi in the prestigious Midwest Book Review in March 2007.
>> Short story, "Hummer World," published in Stone Table Review in April 2007.
>> Jala speaks and signs Seducing the Rabbi at Boulder Bookstore on February 21, 2007.
>> Seducing the Rabbi reviewed in the Daily Camera on February 18, 2007.
>> Review of Seducing the Rabbi in Rocky Mountain News on January 12, 2007.
>> Short fiction, "Fine Bones," published in Slow Trains in Late 2006.
>> Poem, "Just browsing," published in the quarterly literary ezine The Rose & Thorn in Early 2006.