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Gary C. Sterling

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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.
JS Bach at the keyboard - From the Getty Collection
June 7, 2026June 7, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Back to Bach

Gary and Chaz enjoying the trees in Laurelhurst Park
June 6, 2026June 6, 2026 Gary C Sterling

O Nature

A sandglass from the 1500s in the NYC Met horology collection
June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 Gary C Sterling

No Time

SCOTUS Paper Dolls
June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 Gary C Sterling

The New Old Lament, the New Dance

A key-wound pendulum clock we've had for decades
June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Gary C Sterling

when ever never

Money as the lifeblood of corruption
June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Gary C Sterling

nobody is above the law

Invaders from Mars - 1953 key art poster
June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 Gary C Sterling

It’s already too late

Charles Eliot Middle School of Altadena before the fire - Photo by Jim Staub 2024
May 31, 2026June 4, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Save Eliot

Reindeer Looks Questioningly
May 30, 2026May 30, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Where are we you am I

Gary walking a small bit of the Camino de Santiago in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
May 29, 2026May 29, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Travels

They Might Be Giants - 1971 - Joanne Woodward and George C Scott
May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Oligarch NO

Surgical hernia mesh used for repairs
May 27, 2026May 27, 2026 Gary C Sterling

Surgery

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