25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works
By Mike Garofalo
Poetry, Anthologies, Indexes
Studies, Blog, Guides, Travel
Ethics, Art, Koans, Spirituality
Haiku - North Sacramento Valley
Daodejing: Indexes, Concordance, Anthology
Exhibits at the Cyber Garden Gazebo: TextArt
At the Edges of the West, Volume 1
At the Edges of the West, Volume 2
Cuttings: Month by Month Snippings
The Raven Broke Open the Magical Clam
Pulling Onions: 1,000 One Liners
Meetings with Master Chang San Feng
Memories of Pacific Coast Places
One Old Daoist Druid's Final Journey
Uncle Mike's Cellphone Poetry Series
Fireplace Records Koan Collection
Tao Te Ching: Concordance, Anthology
Zen Buddhist Koans: Research, Indexes
Blooming Onions Pulled from the Mind-Ground
Monthly Observations and Poetry
Neo-Pagan Spirituality Studies
the scissors of my decisions
more to come ...
Mike Garofalo lives in Vancouver, Washington,
Orchards Neighborhood, Clark County.
He is available for public readings or gigs
in Vancouver, south to Portland, and
north to Longview.
He writes, reads and studies poetry.
His hobbies include:
harmonica, walking, gardening,
taijiquan, string figures and tricks,
yurt camping, and web publishing.
He is a 6'6" Tai Chi Chuan big man,
at 80 years of age.
He has a decent, pleasant, and
friendly speaking voice.
Best to send him email.
Phone: 530-528-3646 (but he seldoms checks)
Mike will be studying, practicing, writing,
yurt camping, and walking outdoors at
Sunset Bay State Park, near Charleston
and Coos Bay, Oregon,
on February 10-13, 2025.
Happy 2025 New Year!!!
Michael Peter Garofalo (1946-) grew up in East Los Angeles,
was educated in Catholic Schools, lived with two other brothers,
graduated (B.A., M.S.) from local universities, married
Blanche Karen Eubanks, served in the US Air Force, worked
in and managed many City and Los Angeles County Public Libraries,
raised two children, socialized, traveled, and learned. Retired as
the Regional Administrator, East Region, Los Angeles County
Public Library in 1998. We moved to a rural 5 acre property
in Red Bluff, in the North Sacramento Valley, CA. Webmaster
since 1999. Worked part-time for the Corning School District
(Technology and Media Services Manager); and as a yoga,
Taijiquan, and fitness club instructor until 2016. Traveled
extensively in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington.
We both retired, and we moved to Vancouver, WA, in 2017.
Currently in 2025: reading, writing, gardening, harmonica
playing, string figures playing, activities with grand daughters,
home chores, yurt camping, learning to read Spanish,
exercise, traveling in the Northwest, walking, web publishing,
family events, poetry research, photography, Northwest research,
Nature mysticism, sports events, and other projects.
Exhibits at the Cyber Garden Gazebo: TextArt and Concrete Poetry
By Michael P. Garofalo
At the Edges of the West, Volume 1
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