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Mar 7

A Walk About Town from the Monterey Herald: Imagination Migration

Link to Original Article: https://www.montereyherald.com/2024/03/06/patrice-vecchione-walkabout-town-imagination-migration/ On the cusp...

Mar 7

Edible Monterey Bay publishes Lupita Quintero: The Unexpected Farmer

EDIBLE NOTABLES | Lupita Quintero | by Patrice Vecchione Link to Original Article: https://www.ediblemontereybay.com/online-magazine/spri...

Mar 7

Catamaran Publishes Patrice's Essay "Meatloaf"

Click to Zoom View all of the details on Catamaran's feature of Patrice's Essay in their Winter 2024 issue. Link to Full Issue Details:...

Sep 18, 2022

Nancy Sevier's Musical Found Sculpture from the Monterey Herald, 9/18/22

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been both a listener to and a maker of stories. The human mind and heart are drawn to story not only...

Jan 9, 2022

Just Keep Moving, Don't Give Up

from the Monterey Herald The second time I rode 100 miles on my bike was on the day I turned 50. The next day I could barely turn my...

Sep 5, 2021

These Pandemic Grays

My brand new essay, These Pandemic Grays, was just accepted for publication by Catamaran Literary Reader for their winter issue. and I...

Jul 28, 2021

Heart of Water

For many years, I've led poetry writing workshops for children and young adults, here's a poem that I featured in a writing workshop last...

Jun 2, 2020

The Interview Adrienne Rich Didn't Want Published

Some stories need to live in us for a long time before it's time to write them and some stories can't be written right away because of...

Apr 1, 2020

Cooking While Sheltering in Place

Though it had been decades since I’d seen her, the other day my Grandma Vecchione showed up in my kitchen when I was making gravy—that’s...

Feb 18, 2020

Waiting for a Sign

In the backyard of my in-laws’ home are two large, long-lived, apple trees that my father-in-law, planted after the family moved into the...