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Arizona Press Women

October2013

by Gail Hearne

In lieu of an October meeting, members of APW'sRim Country District offers an Arizona Author

Spotlight from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wed., Oct. 9, inthe meeting room of the Payson Public Library. Theevent is sponsored by the Library Friends of Paysonand open to the public free of charge. Lightrefreshments will be served.

APW's Central District invites you and yourguests to their October and November meetings.

From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22,Katherine Atwell Herbert shows her eight-minutefilm and presents "Yes, Do This At Home: BecomingAn Overnight Success As A Director." The program

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October is my favorite monthof the year. In Arizona it is

truly the beginning of fall. After asummer of record heat, the hightemperatures are finally under 100

degrees, and the nights are refreshingly cool. It is thetime for the fall colors of changing leaves: red, brownand orange. And for fall foods: apple cider andpumpkin everything (pies, breads, cookies) and, ofcourse, Halloween candy. And, I may be especiallyfond of October because it also is my birthday month.

October is traditionally the month we hold theArizona Press Women Fall Board Meeting. This year

See President’s Message, Page 8

Rim Country honors AZ authors Mark calendar for CD meetings

See Rim Country, Page 6 See CD meetings, Page 8

During the Oct. 9 Arizona Author Spotlight, DeeStrickland Johnson, aka “Buckshot Dot,” sharesArizona stories, sings and plays her guitar. Katherine Atwell Herbert discusses film directing at

the Central District’s Oct. 22 meeting.

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by Lynda Exley

Five of the 10 books chosen as finalists for theChildren's Activity Book and Children's Picture

Book categories for the 2013 New Mexico-ArizonaBook Awards are Little Five Star titles. More than1,800 entries were submitted to the contest overall.

Little Five Star finalists include Arizona Color MeWacky! by APW members Conrad J. Storad andLynda Exley, illustrated by Michael Hagelberg, for

Children's Activity Book; and for the Children'sPicture Book category: Burton the Kind Scarecrowby V.A. Boeholt, illustrated by Nathaniel P. Jensen;A Squirrel's Story––A True Tale by JanaBommersbach, illustrated by Jeff Yesh; GQ GQWhere Are You? Adventures of a Gambel's Quail bySharon Ritt, illustrated by Nadia Komorova; and TheMoon Saw It All by Nancy Young, also illustrated byKomorova. A Squirrel's Story also made the list forthe Pets/Animals category.

Shoshana's Song, a novelwritten by author Jerry

Marcus and published by APWmember Marion Gold's BrittanyPublications, was named aFinalist in the 2013 NewMexico-Arizona Book Awardsfor the Religious Book category.

There are only 201 finalists in 46categories out of more than1,800 entries. The completefinalist list can be viewed and downloaded atNMBookCoop.com/BookAwards/BookAwards.html.

Marcus is internationally acclaimed for his ability tocreate compelling fiction about thought-provokingissues such as anti-Semitism, political intrigue andreligious hypocrisy.

In her review in The Church and Synagogue LibraryAssociation’s Congregational Libraries Today, MaryLou Henneman wrote, “This masterfully toldcoming-of-age story follows Shoshana as she maturesboth intellectually and spiritually...Jerry Marcusinterweaves discussions of faith, marriage,

intellectual freedom and the roles of womenthroughout their lives. Marcus' characters getinvolved in lively and thought-provoking debates.Shoshana's Song is a fantastic crossover book foryoung adults and adults. It will help both young andmature readers explore how women gain strength intheir faith journey.”

Dr. Yaakov Fogelman, founder and director of TheTorah Outreach Program (Jerusalem, Israel) says, "InShoshana's Song, the heroine, Shoshana Rosen, is anoutstanding graduate of a Beit Yakov seminary; sheis expected by her rabbi, parents and community tomarry early to a great Talmudic scholar and totallysupport his career. She is defiant of the demands toignore her own commitment to torah scholarship andfinally runs off to Chicago, where she lives with apious Catholic girl who has similar problems ofconflict between her deep involvement in her faith,together with a deep and questioning humanisticmind."

Visit brittanypublications.com/shoshanas-song.htmlfor complete copies of both reviews and an excerpt ofShoshana's Song, as well as an interview withMarcus.

Five Star dominates NM-AZ awards list of children's book finalistsAPW's Storad earns six finalist titles

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APW member/publisher’s book makes NM-AZ Awards finalist roster

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The NFPW board voted to raise NFPW dues by $1,making 2014 APW/NFPW professional dues $92

when the national fee is added to AZ's $15 dues.NFPW will email renewal notices around the end ofOctober.

According to NFPW Membership Services ManagerGloria Watkins, the fee hike is based on the increaseof 1.7 percent in the Consumer Price Index in 2012.

No changes have been made for the other twocategories: $33 total for a student ($20 NFPW + $13APW) and $30 total for a retired member ($25 NFPW+ $5 APW). You must have been a member of APWat least five years prior to retirement; you cannot joinas a retired member without previous professionalmembership.

NFPW Professional dues increase $1

"Every day, we work our hearts out for our Five Starclients in hopes of making a dent in an extremelycompetitive children's book market," says APWmember Linda F. Radke, president of Five StarPublications, Inc., the parent company of Little FiveStar. "So, to be the publisher of 50 percent of therecognized titles, with the remaining finalists beingrepresented by four different publishers, is veryrewarding. It's what we're all about!"

In addition to hisLittle Five Starpublished book,Storad has additionaltitles on the finalistlist: What’s theWeather Like Today?published by RourkeEducational Media,Nature/Environmentcategory; UncoveringEarth’s Crust byLerner Publishing,Science category; andEarth is Tilting byRourke EducationalMedia Group, YourCirculatory System by Lerner Publishing Group andYour Circulatory System by Lerner Publishing Groupfor the Young Readers category.

The 2013 contest winners will be announced at the7th Annual Book Awards Banquet on Friday, Nov.15 at Hotel Albuquerque. Info:NMBookCoop.com/BookAwards/BookAwards.html.

Arizona Color Me Wacky! offers kids 32 pages ofcoloring fun, featuring the Grand Canyon State'splants, animals and insects. Visit AZWOWW.comfor more details.

In Burton the Kind Scarecrow Burton demonstratescaring and kindness by giving of himself to help hisfriends find shelter when winter approaches FarmerGreen's field (ScarecrowStories.com).

A Squirrel's Story is the true story of a gray treesquirrel who made a home in a birdhouse inBommersbach’s parents’ backyard. It gives readers aglimpse into the lives of Shirlee Squirrel and herchildren, Sammy and Sally (SquirrelsStory.com).

GQGQ: Where Are You? follows the adventures of acurious and brave Gambel's quail, as he searches fornew friends. He encounters cacti, mice, lizards andother interesting desert creatures(GambelsQuailBook.com).

The Moon Saw It All takes children to a dreamymoonlit world where bobcats sing a soulful song,javelina click hooves on tortoise shell roofs andcoatimundis drum right along at a critter ball thrownfor one and all (MoonSawItAll.com).

All Little Five Star books are distributed by Ingram,Baker & Taylor and Midpoint Trade Books. They areavailable at most major bookstores,BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com andLittleFiveStar.com. To book an author visit or learnmore about Five Star Publications, Inc., whichcelebrates 28 years in business, and its other award-winning books, visit FiveStarPublications.com, emailinfo@FiveStarPublications.com or call 480-940-8182.

Conrad J. Storad

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by Brenda Warneka, JD

Can you be held legally liable fordefamation (libel) or invasion of

privacy if your memoir impugnsyour sister-in-law’s honesty or herchastity before marriage, complainsabout your boyfriend’s reaction toyour sore vagina, or regales thereader with details of your bizarreupbringing within your adoptedfamily?

You are off the hook for defamationif you can prove the truth of whatyou wrote. Invasion of privacy isdifferent because truth is not adefense to disclosing private factsthat are held to be injurious toprivate people. However, this rightto privacy can be trumped by yourfirst amendment right to tell yourstory.

Civil rights activist Will D. Campbell’s1977 memoir, Brother to a Dragonfly,republished as a 25th AnniversaryEdition in 2002, was in part an elegyto his brother, Joe, a pharmacist,who died a drug addict. After theoriginal publication, Joe’s first wifesued the publisher, Seabury Press,and Will for libel and invasion ofprivacy alleging statements attributedto Joe in the book implied she wasdishonest and unchaste before theirmarriage.

After the 2001 publication of TheCamera My Mother Gave Me, astory about Susanna Kaysen’s sorevagina, her boyfriend (unnamed andoccupation changed in the book)sued Kaysen and her publisher,Random House, for invasion ofprivacy, saying acquaintancesrecognized him as the aggressive andoffensive “boyfriend,” who the booksuggested, possibly raped her.

Augusten Burroughs’s 2002 memoir,Running with Scissors, aboutgrowing up in the dysfunctionalhome of psychiatrist Dr. Rodolph

Turcotte (name changed in the book)led Turcotte’s children (their fatherwas dead by then) to sue Burroughsand his publisher, St. Martin’s Press,for $2 million, alleging causes ofaction including invasion of privacyand defamation. They claimed partsof Scissors were fictionalized.

In the Dragonfly case, the courtfound no libel, saying Joe’s wifetook statements out of context, andthe book had to be read as a whole.In both Dragonfly and Camera, thecourts found no invasion of privacybecause the First Amendmentprotects the memoirist’s right to tellhis or her own personal story when itinvolves a matter of “legitimatepublic concern,” and the private factsdisclosed were closely connected tothe story. The courts dismissed thelitigation in both cases.

The Scissors case settled, withBurroughs agreeing to change theAuthor’s Note to call the work a“book” instead of a “memoir” –although the cover still calls it amemoir – and to add some salutarycomments about the family on theAcknowledgments page. TheTurcottes’ attorney indicated therewas also a monetary settlement.Both sides claimed victory.

The lesson to take away fromDragonfly and Camera is that courtsgrant writers more leeway todisclose private facts about privatepeople when writing their own storythan they do with other genres. Thereasoning behind the Scissorssettlement is unknown, but if thememoir was fictionalized as claimed,Burroughs may not have wanted togo to trial because he might have lostthe first amendment protection givento memoir, and untruths could havesupported the family’s claim ofdefamation.

Writing and the Law: Maligned by memoir

Brenda Warneka

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Interviewed by Brenda Warneka

A member of Arizona Press Women since 1964, Dr.Elizabeth Bruening Lewis was born and raised in

Kansas City, Mo. Some of her earliest memories involvetraveling to Arizona, where her family vacationed everyspring at Camelback Inn. After earning a B.A. inPhilosophy from Vassar in 1963, her sense of adventuretook her to Alaska. There, while awaiting a job openingas a hostess with an airline that mostly transportedhuskies, her parents convinced her to visit hergrandmother in Arizona.

In Phoenix, Elizabeth was introduced to the editor of theEvening American, a small, third daily newspaper, whooffered her a job, although she had no journalismexperience or training. It was even better than ferryinghuskies around the last frontier! As the paper's firstwomen's editor, she focused on what women were"doing with their time," rather than the social scene thenso popular. Meanwhile, a friend of her grandmother'sintroduced her to "a nice young man," who came overfor what Elizabeth characterizes as "the most boringevening I ever had in my life."

Subsequent encounters proved less boring, and Elizabethand Orme Lewis, Jr., were married in October 1964.Their son, Joseph, was born in 1966. When the EveningAmerican failed, Elizabeth became a graduate assistantat Arizona State University and earned an M.A. inPhilosophy. She also ran and won competitive ArizonaState Senate campaigns for Orme. When he wasappointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public LandsManagement, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Elizabeth tookthe opportunity for studies in the D.C. area, earning aPh.D. in Medieval History with a specialty in symbolismin Christian Art from Georgetown University. In 1971,the couple's daughter, Blaise, joined the family.

Upon the family’s return to Arizona in 1973, Elizabethbecame very involved in the community, teachinghumanities at ASU, volunteering as a Phoenix ArtMuseum docent and lecturing as an adjunct member ofthe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. She also served onvarious boards including the Arizona NatureConservancy, the Arizona Center for the Book and as agubernatorial appointee on the Arizona HistoricalRecords Advisory Board.

In the mid-1970s, Elizabeth learned she had inheritedpolycystic kidney disease (PKD). Her father, Joseph H.Bruening, refused to accept there was no treatment, andwith the prominent nephrologist Dr. Jared J. Grantham

founded the PKD Foundation in 1982. Elizabeth starteddialysis in the late 1980s and had a successful transplantin 1989.

After her transplant, Lewis, who published numerousscholarly articles, turned to writing books, the first beingthe award-winning The Power of Sacred Images: AGuide to the Treasures of Early Christian Art. She nextauthored a series of contemporary Arizona suspensestories. Then it was back to nonfiction for the interestedbut nonacademic reader: The Twilight of the FirstMillennium: Light on the Dark Ages and Visitors to thePast: A Cultural Historian Unlocks the Mysteries behindFive Sacred Shrines. Five of her books have wonnational first-place awards and the other won specialrecognition in Arizona.

Today, Elizabeth, Orme and their corgi, Terrwyn, dividetheir time between Phoenix and Prescott. They greatlyenjoy their two children, their spouses and threegrandchildren.

Meet Elizabeth Bruening Lewis

Dr. Elizabeth Bruening Lewis

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Jaimie Hall Bruzenak is oneof 70 contributors to a newbook, 70 Things to Do WhenYou Turn 70. Her piece isabout retiring to an RV. Thebook is available from thepublisher at rsvp.com under"new books," Amazon.comand other booksellers.

Linda Pressman of Scotts-dale, a writer, editor, blog-ger and speaker, joins APW.Learn more about her atbarmitzvahzilla.blogspot.com.

Marie A. Fasano of Payson, whose freelancespecialties are aviation, health care and profiles ofinteresting individuals, joins APW.

Angela Catramadou Parker, a former APWmember, who authored two books and formerlyfreelanced Greek Woman magazine, had surgery foran aorta aneurism, plus a stent. She had the surgery inWashington, DC where her son, John Paul, and hiswife, Patti, live. Earlier this year, she underwent amastectomy, but her spirit continues to be strong.

Jane Eppinga wasinterviewed by TravelChannel at the Triangle TGuest Ranch in Dragoon for asegment on unusual hotels. Itwill air sometime in early2014. The Triangle T wasestablished in 1922 and is wellknown for being the site ofmany historic events.

Ann Marchiony, a longtime APW member washospitalized with breathing issues in September. At91, she is sharp-witted with a positive attitude.Marchiony was the PR person for the former RhodesDeptartment Store in the 1970s. She later wrote fortrade magazines in the food industry and is author ofFood-Safe Kitchens, a guide for food-prepcommercial students and home cooks. She iscurrently updating it for the digital format.

Joan Westlake, above, has joined the bloggingworld. Visit her website at jkwestlake.wordpress.com.

During the Arizona Author Spotlight, Dee StricklandJohnson, aka “Buckshot Dot,” shares her Arizonastories, sings and plays her guitar. Her books andCDs will be available for purchase and autographbefore and following the presentation.

A native Arizonan, Johnson grew up on Navajo andHualapai (Walapai) Indian Reservations, and atPetrified Forest National Monument (now Park). Sheis a poet, singer, storyteller, illustrator and musician.She and her husband John (“Ol’ Buck”) once raisedcattle in Stone Country, Arkansas, where she wroteheritage articles for a newspaper and appearedregularly with their children in music programs atOzark Folk Center State Park.

Johnson has been honored by the Arizona HistoricalFoundation as an “Arizona Culture Keeper” and byWestern Music Association for her historical poetrybooks, Arizona Herstory: Tales from Her Storied Pastand Arizona Women Weird, Wild and Wonderful. Eachreceived Academy of Western Artist’s “Will Rogers’Medallion Award” and the latter was named “CowboyPoetry Book of the Year.” Johnson was voted AWA’s“Female Cowboy Poet of the Year,” opened for LyleLovett and received recognition for her original storiesand songs. She wrote four dance-folk-operas, sixpoetry books, one children's book and recorded fiveCDs. Learn more about her at buckshotdot.com.

For additional information on the event, contact GailHearne at 480-650-2014 or the Payson Public Libraryat 928-474-9260.

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Linda Pressman

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Upcoming AZ writing eventsOct. 8, 7-9 p.m., True Stories and Tall Tales in theOld West: the Earps a la BitterHerbs, presented by ASULibraries at Cutler-Plotkin JewishHeritage Center, 122 E. CulverSt., Phoenix. Hear from AnnKirschner, author of Lady at theO.K. Corral: the True Story ofJosephine Marcus Earp; ASUhistory professor Eduardo Pagan,who is co-host of PBS' HistoryDetectives; and Bruce Dinges,Arizona Historical Societyhistorian and editor-in-chief forThe Journal of Arizona History. Free program andparking. RSVP: jewishstudies.asu.edu/earps-rsvp.Info: rachel.leket-mor@asu.edu.

Oct. 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m., House of Broadcastingpresents HOBI’s Meet and Greet, a guest speakerseries featuringmedia personalitiesand others whomade significantcontributions withintheir industry, 7150E. Fifth Ave., Floor2, Scottsdale. Thissecond in a seriesremembers BillAustin with Beth McDonald and friends. Austin diedthree years ago. Enjoy a glass of wine and reminisceabout the memorable moments from his career in themedia. Join Beth McDonald and KESZ 99.9 radio per-sonalities as they share the best of Austin. Cost: free.Reservations: 602-944-1997. Info: houseofbroadcasting.com,facebook.com/houseofbroadcasting.

Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-noon, Build a Blog, taught by JanieSullivan, director of Center for Writing Excellence at

Baseline and Greenfield roads (address provided uponrequest). Anyone wanting to set up their own blog isinvited. Topics include: creating an exciting theme,private and public pages, uploading media, creatingforms, using widgets, sidebars, links and more. Theprice includes a training manual: $44 before Oct. 10,$49 after. There is a 10 percent discount for anyone ofthe following: newsletter participant, past workshopattendee, writing services client, contest participant.Those who can't make the workshop can purchasemanuals for $15. Info: janiewrites.com/workshops-2/liveworkshops.

Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., 2013 SCBWI AZ"Welcome to Our House" Annual IndustryConference, Chaparral Suites, Resort and ConferenceCenter, Scottsdale. Celebrate the Society of Children'sBook Writers and Illustrators-AZ's 25th anniversary asa region. Info: scbwi-az.org.

Nov. 2, 5 p.m., Arizona Authors Association AwardsBanquet at Glendale Civic Center, 5750 W. GlennDrive, Glendale, AZ. Paid reservations required. Info:info@azauthors.com.

Nov. 6, 10:30a.m.-noon, Laughlin (Nev.) Librarypresents Olgivanna Lloyd Wright byBrenda Warneka, writer of theOlgivanna Lloyd Wright chapter inSkirting Traditions. She will discuss thewoman who was the third wife of FrankLloyd Wright from 1928 until his death in1959. Warneka’s research includedinterviews at Taliesin West with peoplewho knew Mrs. Wright. Free; no RSVPrequested. Info: Karen Deshazer,deshazer@lvcckl.org or 702-507-4060.

Nov. 15, 5 p.m. cash bar, 6 p.m. dinner, Arizona-New Mexico Book Award Banquet, HotelAlbuquerque at Old Town, Albuquerque. Tickets $48less 20% discount through Oct. 15. Available online atnmbookcoop.com/BookAwards/BookAwards.html.

Email or snail mail?Respond by Oct. 26!

As a member of APW, do you see a need for aprinted copy of the newsletter? Please email

Pam Stevenson at PStevensonComm@cox.netbefore the Oct. 26 Board Meeting and let her knowif you’d prefer the option of receiving a papernewsletter by “snail mail” or if email works fine foryou.

Submissions wanted!Share industry related news with your fellow APW

members including committee reports, eventnews, writing contests, industry related articles,industry-related personal accomplishments ...anything you think would be of value to ourmembership!

Send submissions, photos and art to Lynda Exley atexlent@aol.com. The deadline for the Novemberissue is Oct.. 21.

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takes place at Shepherd of the Hills United Church ofChrist, 5524 E. Lafayette Blvd., Phoenix.

Herbert is the author of Writing Scripts ThatHollywood Will Love, Selling Scripts to Hollywood andThe Perfect Screenplay: Writing It and Selling It, allpublished by Allworth Press, NYC. She analyzedscreenplays for companies such as TNT, Viacom-Showtime, Lightstorm, DeLaurentiis, Multi-Media andFox Television. Her many script discoveries includeRoboCop and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, andshe has written episodes for Trial by Jury, Murder SheWrote, and Quantum Leap, as well as several com-missioned and noncommissioned feature screenplays.For many years, Herbert served as chairman of theFilm School at Scottsdale Community College.Previous to her years in Hollywood, she wrote formagazines, newspapers and radio, and was a publicistfor a live theater.

Sandwiches can be preordered for the meeting. Formore information and to RSVP, contact Barbara Lacyat 480-620-1358 or email apw.reservations@gmail.com.

Future Central District meetings include a happy hourat Rita’s Bar at the Camelback Inn at 5402 E. LincolnDr. in Paradise Valley from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.19, and the annual holiday party from 2 to 6 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 15. The location of the party is to beannounced.

it will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. Allmembers are invited to attend. It will be held at theWaterfront in Scottsdale at Camelback andScottsdale roads. More details and an agenda will besent out before the meeting. If there is anythingyou’d like to have included, please let me know.

In addition to the routine board reports, there are anumber of important topics that will be focused on…such as increasing the APW membership andmaking APW more valuable for members andpotential new members. And, we need to look atupdating the APW Bylaws. It has also beensuggested we might consider changing our name, asmany other states have done in recent years. We hadthat discussion and vote in the 1990s. At that time,proposed name change was Arizona ProfessionalWriters (APW), but members voted to keep the

traditional name Arizona Press Women. Do youthink it’s time to have a name that might encompassa broader range of members, including men?

Lynda Exley has been doing a wonderful job editingour Arizona Press Women newsletter. Thank you,Lynda, for all your hard work, and patience withthose of us who sometimes miss your deadlines. I’mimpressed each month when I receive the new issue.But, I am concerned that not all of you are readingall of it. I’ve been guilty of sometimes downloadingthe newsletter and planning to read it later, and thenrealizing a week later that I haven’t read it yet. Iwonder if a printed newsletter would be better forsome members and for handing out to potentialmembers.

Please let me know if you’ve read this far in the news-letter by emailing me at PStevensonComm@cox.net.Also tell me if you would prefer the option ofreceiving a paper newsletter by “snail mail.”

President’s Message from Page 1 CD Meeting from Page 1

APW officers, board of directorsPresident Pam StevensonImmediate Past President Brenda WarnekaSecond V-P (Membership) Joan WestlakeSecretary Katherine HerbertTreasurer Beverly Raphael KonikCentral District Dir. Barbara LacyRim Country District Dir. Carol Osman BrownSouthern District Dir. Jane EppingaScholarship Dir. Joan WestlakeHistorian, Memorial, Bylaws Pam StevensonPublic Relations Dir. Patricia MyersTypeRider Newsletter Editor Lynda ExleyWebmaster Jaime BruzenakAnthology Committee Chair Brenda Warneka

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Letters to the editorRe APW Sept. TypeRider article on cryptomnesia: "I was looking for something in my file cabinet justyesterday and pulled out a single piece of paper. It was the poem by Brenda Warneka’s mother, a friend ofmine, and I got a lump in my throat. Then this morning, I opened the APW Sept. newsletter, and there isthat lovely photo of Brenda’s mother with the article about her poem. No one can convince me that shedidn't write that poem. It is her writing; it is her." ––Arlene Uslander

"You add such a nice touch to each and every APW Newsletter." –– Linda F. Radke, Five Star Publications, Inc.

by Patricia Myers

I know this “canicule” (heat wave) inEurope won't last forever. Although thehigh 80s were tolerable in the shade,

it's been 92 to 94 and very humid for mostof two weeks. No AC in most apartments,only remodeled ones for homes of the rich.So, I have the three large vertical windowswide open, and I'm not "overdressed" as Iwrite.

I still went to the botanical Parc Floral onSunday, July 21, to hear two jazz/world-music bands. We were four American andCanadian women plus a little girl, sharing a“picnique” of BYOB (bring your ownblanket, baguette and bottle of wine) withcold cuts, cheese, olives, fruit and a chilledrosé wine. I had a small glass and threebottles of water. I know not to stress mysystem with alcohol when it’s so hot. Icame home afterward and immediately took a shower.I swear I heard my body sizzle and saw steam rising! Iwas so overheated.

Refreshed at 8 p.m., I went out for a Thai dinner atLao Siam in Belleville area (northeastern 19tharrondissement, formerly mainly Chinese, nowgentrified with loft apartments). I dined with sevenAmerican friends and the little girl. We ate like"cochons" (pigs) of grilled pork short ribs and crispychicken wings, rice, regular noodles and glass noodleswith sauce and “gambas” (huge in-shell shrimp), twobottles wine and five Singha beers at 21 euros each –good food and conversation, and great prices.

By then, the child and mother were exhausted, so Isuggested a taxi for the four of us. If we took the

Metro, we’d have to change at a station, where at 11 p.m.,we'd certainly encounter the 100th Tour de Francecelebrants. It ended at 9 p.m. at Place de Concorde,which was very late in relation to past years when itusually ended at 4 or 5 p.m., but I don't know why.

I literally fell into bed after cooling my feet in thebathtub and slept like a kitten all night.

Last week, I went on my birthday, as is my 15thannual custom, to the bank of the Seine, this year toParis Plage. Picture an artificial beach complete withsand and rolled-out grassy areas, set up for a month onthe Right Bank. I took a chilled bottle of bubbly tofind new friends and “partager” (share). I chose a

2013 Paris Journal, Part III

Patricia Myers had an opportunity to interview the “hunky-handsome” Craig Handy during her summer Paris.

See Paris Part III, Page 10

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convivial group of all ages and genders, practiced myFrench and they their English, as we shared foods.

Then, I headed for Duc des Lombards, a popular jazzclub-café in central Paris on the Right Bank, to hearthe tall, dark and hunky-handsome Craig Handy ontenor sax with French pianist and bassist. Handy, age50, is from Oakland, Calif. He's worked with manygreats in New York City and Europe, a strong andsatisfying player. It was my third concert at Duc thatweek; one more on Tuesday, and then I will write anencompassing review of all four forAllAboutJazz.com.

Handy invited me down two levels to the musicians’prep area that’s usually called the Green Room (itwas painted beige, oh well) for a chat between sets.After we talked about his history and jazz in general,he asked if I would be interested in becoming hismanager-promoter. I was slightly tempted, thenreplied that I thought he should have someone fromthe East Coast who would have more industrycontacts, but I was flattered. His second set lasteduntil 11:45 p.m., so I stayed for the midnight jamsession, then left at 12:45 a.m. to catch the final Eiffellaser-lighting view from the Pont Neuf bridge beforetaking the Metro back to “chez moi,” ending theperfect birthday in Paris.

Last night, I again spoke at Paris Soirees, a weeklySunday arts and networking salon on the subject of“Aphrodisiacs.” Although I generally speak for a feein Arizona, this was as a favor to the organizer inexchange for wine and Indian-food dinner. Wesocialized from 7 to 8 p.m., then introductions and

my talk, then dinner. There were 22 attending, mostlynative English speakers, including Paris visitors, sever-al expatriates and four bilingual French women. My20-minute talk is based on research and interviewsregarding myths and nutritional aspects, with bits ofhumor related to the myths. It was well received, atthe end generating questions and comments. We leftat 11 p.m. It had been raining steadily, but hadstopped. The air was refreshingly cool and clean formy 30-minute, brisk walk back to the apartment.

Now back to work compiling the Jazz in AZ live-jazzlistings for the e-newsletter and my monthly Update.

A la prochaine,Patricia, in her summer Paris-dise

On her summer Paris trip, Patricia Myers took in the Eiffel laser-lighting view from the Pont Neuf bridge.

Paris Plage, an artificial beach with sand and rolled-out grassy areas, set up for a month on the RightBank.

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