Tag Archives: friendship

Review: We All Shine On by Elliot Mintz

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Gabriella West

This memoir by a very old friend of the Lennons is definitely worth reading for the arc of his friendship with John. Mintz has many good stories. As a 26-year-old broadcaster in LA in 1971, he played Yoko’s double album … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 1970s, Beatles history, bisexuality, death, Elliot Mintz, friendship, John Lennon, LA, loss, May Pang, memoir, Music, review, We All Shine On, Yoko Ono | Leave a comment

Beyond Piety: A Review of “Dearest Sister Wendy…” by Sister Wendy Beckett and Robert Ellsberg

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Gabriella West

Dearest Sister Wendy: A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship, Orbis, 2022, $24.99 paperback; $16.99 on Kindle A collection of letters between a religious publisher in upstate New York and a cloistered nun in Norfolk, England, has enraptured me. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Reviews | Tagged Catholicism, connection, faith, friendship, health problems, holiness, letters, mortality, Orbis, Pope Francis, Quidenham, Robert Ellsberg, Sister Wendy, spirituality | Leave a comment

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

Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Gabriella West

As Pride Month ends without the parades, and as the country (and world) reel from Covid, at least one noble annual tradition continues: the Smashwords Summer/Winter sale, which runs July 1-31, 2020. Most of my ebooks are 50% off, and … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT, Writing | Tagged A Knight's Tale: Kenilworth, A Knight's Tale: Montargis, COVID-19, Free, friendship, independent authors, jealousy, love, m/m historical romance, medieval england, monthlong sale, sex, Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale | Leave a comment

Coronavirus Dispatch #1

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Gabriella West

Here’s how it started, at least the official story, from a site called CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) that I just happened upon today on the web: “As suspected, a novel coronavirus has been identified in some … Continue reading →