Debby Mayer is a writer and talker in San Diego, California. She has published a novel, Sisters; a memoir, Riptides & Solaces Unforeseen, numerous short stories and reams of journalism. When she lived in New York State, she received two grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts: one in nonfiction, for “Therapy Dogs,” an excerpt from Riptides, and one in fiction for “The Secretary,” a short story published in The New Yorker. She holds an MA in creative writing from City College, where Sisters won the DeJur Award. Her day jobs have been arts administration (Poets & Writers, Inc.) and editing (Publications Office, Bard College). More at debbymayer.com.

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"Go West, Old Woman" copyright (c) Debby Mayer. Read, recorded and used by permission. 

"The Pandemic Café" copyright (c) Debby Mayer. 

Travels with Sizzle

San Diego Union-Tribune

The Columbia Paper

Hudson, New York

Mira Mesa, San Diego

International travel

U.S. travel

Traveling solo as a widow

Traveling with pets

Driving cross-country with a dog

Traveling with a former show dog

Basenji breed

Buying a condo long-distance

Moving to San Diego

Music by Eves Blue, used by permission. 

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CREDITS

Host and creator: Christi Cassidy

Contact: christi@movingalongpodcast.com

Artwork by Phyllis Busell

Music by Eve’s Blue. 

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