June 4, 2014: I spoke at a gathering of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation. I talked about the origins of my novel, In the Mouth of the Wolf, and the challenges of a Seattle writer creating a historical novel set in Trieste. I also did a short reading. Bellevue Arts Museum.
May 8, 2013: A Brief History of Trieste Through One Family’s Experience (and a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a historical novel), Dante Alighieri Society of Seattle, 6:30-8:30 PM, Seattle.
March-April, 2013: Research trip to Trieste funded by a grant from USA Projects (now HatchFund) and many individual donors.
July-October, 2012: Artist Trust EDGE Celebration, juried exhibition of literary and visual artwork produced by EDGE program graduates. 
My contribution (photo below) is an excerpt from The Decision Tree, an award-winning personal essay. Note: At least on my screen, the photo of the exhibit is squished horizontally. Washington State Convention Center, July-October, 2012.
May, 2012: Field research and writing retreat in Trieste, Italy, funded in part by a grant from Artist Trust.
April, 2012: Third EDGE Salon at Vermillion (see September 2011 entry below). Read an excerpt from my historical novel, Amedeo.
January, 2012: Second EDGE Salon at Vermillion. (See September 2011 entry below)
September, 2011: With two co-curators, launching the EDGE Salon at Vermillion. Our purpose is to provide cross-fertilization for writers and singer-songrwriters in a friendly environment.
Jan-Mar 2011: Participant in Artist Trust’s EDGE professional development program for artists. Graduate reading at Elliott Bay Books.
November, 2010: NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month. Wrote 50,000-word first draft of my historical novel, In the Mouth of the Wolf.
October 15, 2009, 2:30 pm Trieste time (9 hours before PST): Live on Boracom webtv, interviewed by Luigi Urdih on his show Booksland (in Italian).
October, 2009: On-location research for my memoir, Free the Sorrow, in Trieste, Italy. (Note: This trip also triggered the development of my historical novel, In the Mouth of the Wolf).
March 10, 2009: Richard Hugo House, End-of-Term Reading. Excerpt from memoir-in-progress, titled Free the Sorrow. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle. Reception at 6:30 pm, readings begin at 7 pm.
February 14, 2009: Richard Hugo House, participated in 72 Hour Challenge. Writers from the Hugo House community took the 72-Hour Challenge built around six prompts. Selected submissions published on Hugo House website (no longer available).
November 18, 2008: Reading from my personal essay Where the Rubber Meets the Road, about a handful of important learning experiences as a young marketing manager at Frito-Lay and how they shaped my business career. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Avenue, Seattle.
