Tag Archives: Facebook

A Tenuous Time (Two Unexpected Losses)

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Gabriella West

Seems like a weird time we’re in right now. The delta variant is upon us, and even in San Francisco, cases are rising robustly. I continue to wear my mask and am relieved that so many of my fellow SFers … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, San Francisco, Writing | Tagged Autism, cancer, Chico, deaths, delta variant, Denise Minor, Facebook, feminist, friendship, loss, obituary, Patrick More, San Francisco State, women's lives, writing group | Leave a comment

A Hell of a Year

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Gabriella West

2016 has been a hell of a year. It feels too soon to do a retrospective, but it’s been the kind of year where I uploaded a picture of a Facebook friend’s beautiful young dog running through some snowy woods … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Personal | Tagged 2016, Biden, cancer, cycle, death, distance, election, Electoral College, Facebook, Ghost Ship, grief, hope, Nixon, oligarchy, pain, Russia, sanity, Trump, Watergate | 2 Comments

About last night…

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Gabriella West

Wow. A mixture of feelings here, but one predominates. After watching the increasingly grim CNN election footage for a number of hours and realizing that Hillary Clinton was not going to win, I went on Facebook and wrote, “I personally … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Personal | Tagged Bill Maher, cnn, David Fredrickson, donald trump, Facebook, garrison keillor, grief, Hillary Clinton, hope, michael moore, presidential election 2016, spiritual, trauma, traumatic events | 1 Comment

New Book on Preorder: Elsie Street

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Gabriella West

I have a new book coming out in September! It’s called Elsie Street and it’s a contemporary MM romance set in San Francisco. This is my third book, and although I have lived in S.F. since 1988, it’s the first … Continue reading →