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Author: Gary C Sterling

Gary is a native Angeleno with a 37-year career teaching poetry and prose to eager elementary and high school kids, and to college students. A writer, avid opera buff, amateur tennis player, and traveler, Gary enjoys exploring new places, listening to classical music, and enjoying the triumphs of the latest generation. Gary has written for permafrost, Plains Poetry Journal, Weber Studies, The Clearing House, The Phi Delta Kappan, English Journal, Thema, and more.
Yanet Garcia during her weather girl days
June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 Gary C Sterling

The TV Weather Girl

A quick and easy paella that Kristina makes.
June 18, 2026June 18, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Paella Night

Blind Justice with Scales and Sword
June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Women’s Lot

Mahatma Gandhi
June 16, 2026June 16, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Hulk MAGA to the Mat

On the Beach - pulp paperback - Nevil Shute
June 15, 2026June 15, 2026 Gary C Sterling

“Nudity was kept to a bare minimum”

Alas... earwax.
June 14, 2026June 14, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Earwax

Johann Strauss
June 13, 2026June 13, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Strauss was good

Experiments in boomerang design yield interesting results
June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Gary C Sterling

These days

Mar-a-Lago [AP Photo by Steve Helber]
June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Closing in

The Chatty Donny Doll
June 10, 2026June 10, 2026 Gary C Sterling

The Trump Doll

San Gabriel Mountains above Altadena
June 9, 2026June 9, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Live until you die.

The yellow rose bush that rewards my efforts
June 8, 2026June 8, 2026 Gary C Sterling

The Rosebush

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