I’m still doing my fundraiser. I’m grateful for community. I managed to pay one month of rent and I’m still working on the other two months, so I don’t have to do this all over again on March 1st.
gofund.me/85fa45d2d
I finished my book and I sent it out on its next step. Let’s see what happens.
Apparently, there was an issue with the link to my gofundme, so here is a new one because I’m still at it.
My birthday is the 15th and I decided that I’m not letting an eviction notice get me down. My son is taking me to a free event and then we’re eating pancakes.
gofund.me/a951b7c73
My poem “Caution: Mexican Poppy,” & art are in this anthology. “Together We Rise: Voices from the Frontlines of Freedom” edited by Cherice Cameron, Peter Lechuga and Erica Castro, published by local L.Á. press Daxson Publishing. All proceeds go to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA).
My poem “Caution: Mexican Poppy,” & art are in this anthology. “Together We Rise: Voices from the Frontlines of Freedom” edited by Cherice Cameron, Peter Lechuga and Erica Castro, published by local L.Á. press Daxson Publishing. All proceeds go to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA).
I’m hoping none of that happens, but it is a possibility people will give up. But there are also new things in motion, like gang unities in opposition to the administration. That will be violent, but it is proof that unity is possible. We are nearly too deep to fall back to sleep.
Let’s work harder on protecting our youth and creating a better system, because Child Protective Services doesn’t actually do it’s job.
We still need to leak the files, but what would be even better is putting real protective measures in place for children.
2 more poems reflecting on my dad.
Getting past these while dealing with my housing situation has been hard, but I’m not going to let it stop me. Interestingly enough, discussions of homelessness comes up a lot because he was the one who really respected and encouraged my desire to be altruistic.
My 49th birthday is this month. I do volunteer work for the IE to LA. I help homeless LGBTQ2S+, foster, disabled, refugee, & incarcerated youth. My radio show is volunteer work. This last year was slow due to spinal injury. I am in need of help. Please read my journey .
gofund.me/f9cc383c2
The book I had to write is finally becoming the book I want to write.
Interview with Cathy Linh Che is now on Substack!
I have really been contemplating on Cathy Linh Che’s discussion about how we are all our own gate. Which made me think, if we are the gate, then are we also our own gate keepers? What are your thoughts?
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
Why is a nonfiction author teaching fiction workshops? Because, I discovered that beneath imagination is the chance to be the most honest.
Fiction gives you freedom to create fictional worlds around your most honest truth.
Join me this Monday at Inlandia Institute.
Join me online with Inlandia Institute. Writing workshops are every other Mondays, 6-8pm, starting January 5th, for The Backstory.
Watch characters transform on the page.
Classes start soon, so sign up. Get 5 classes for $50.
tinyurl.com/Winter2026CWW
Jonathan Aragon is a scholar-practitioner, consultant, and comedic storyteller who leads programs grounded in his evidence-based approaches to human connection and tangible results.
To learn more visit jonathanaragon.me
This Sunday on KQBH LA, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5 FM and kqbhla.com.
We will be creating characters that will feel like they’ve had lives long before we’ve known them.
Join me in The Backstory:
Alternating Mondays, 1/5, 1/19, 2/2, 2/16, and 3/2/26, 6:00-7:30 PM PT, on ZOOM.
$50. Registration required. tinyurl.com/Winter2026CWW
Guess what came in time for yesterday’s reading!!
Please use this link to RSVP. There will be free food: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
Today, 9/14/25 3-4 pm PST, on kqbhla.com, we are Coming Full Circle Through the Art of Play. We chat about dreams, the importance of playing with friends as children and adults, techniques to exercise our creative muscles, and more with singer songwriter, musician, artist, teacher,—Tara Tavi.
HARRIET TUBMAN, FORCE OF NATURE from @whatonearth.bsky.social “is told via wrenching, earthy poems...complemented by eye-catching collage illustrations in which people are clothed in newsprint ‘to show that that they…were always and still are, important news’” www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/harr...
I’m so looking forward to this! I’ll be reading an excerpt from my Introduction for The White Picket Fence.
Now on Substack!
I really enjoyed the opportunity to interview artist Stan Hunter, as we discuss the importance of exploration and perspective in play.
open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...
WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation
Wed., Oct. 8 | 6:30–8 pm
In Person: West Hollywood Library Community Room
Free, RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
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This episode has been moved to Monday at 12pm PST, 9/1/25.
Something got screwed up. My episode didn’t play but I will still be airing it on the podcast. I will update everyone about the live version today.
Today on kqbhla.com, from 3-4pm PAT!
For our first episode of season 5: professor, ceramic artist, and author Stanton Hunter chats on The Collective about exploration and perspective in play, and how it connects to art and life. Airing this Sunday, 8/31/25, 3-4pm PST, on kqbhla.com
Coming Soon! The Collective: Season 5, Collective Play. #TheCollective on 101.5 fm and kqbhla.com.
Do you know the quickest way to learn, & when the highest levels of conscious learning and connections are? Tune into The Collective for our series on #CollectivePlay, Season 5!
Flower bag explosion! Guess who was right under me—as usual. At least he was entertained. But that’s what makes him Dandy Dandelion:
There’s no deny’n
He’s Dandy
The Dandelion
Trust that he has a song and that’s only a verse. They all have songs.
