She So Funny

    The poetry chapbook launch for “No One Called Him Topless” has been rescheduled and relocated!!!

Sunday, July 26^th from 1 to 3pm

Tio Pepe’s, 168 West 4^th Street, NYC

Back room with skylight!

    I hope everyone who was inclined to attend will read this updated info.

Constant love for CGG-M  ❤ 💖 ❤

Mindy Matijasevic

July 18, 2026

Hello loyal readers.

Well Mother’s Day was not easy – loving and missing my mother and my son. It’s rarely been an easy holiday for me due to many reasons I won’t go into here.  The candle for my mother is still burning.

Moving along … in the past week, I learned a poem of mine, On Virginity, would be published in “Remembering Hal Sirowitz.”  Also, a slice of memoir was accepted to be included in “Bronx Memoir Project – vol. X” and that slice is called, Big Butt; He Cannot Lie.

Good things happen along with difficult things – the ups and downs, the yin and yang of life.

I’ve needed to return to selling things.  In the cold and cool weather, I set up my table in my lobby.  That limits my customers to neighbors.  When it is warm again and I set up outside, I have the possibility of many more customers but also many more shady characters to deal with.  In the lobby today, I only made $4, but it is 4 more than zero.  Anything helps financially and helps getting things out of my overloaded apartment.

My creative writing class is going very well.  I judge it by how good students feel, what they say, the work they do, and how good I feel at the end of a class.  Similar to when I taught folks who wanted to complete their basic education, I find the students are so relieved when they realize the teacher is a regular person.  That’s my claim to fame – not coming from teacher-land.  Simply being the person I am.  From there, we do great work. 

It is really nice to be teaching again.  The subject matter is different from what I used to teach, so I have to work to come up with plans.  It varies depending on what each group of students hopes to get from the class.  I try to address most of what they want.  Sometimes, I write alongside of the students, and sometimes I also share what I’ve written.  We truly have a good time.  One student in the fall cycle said, “This was like a writing party!”  That felt great.

Now, for the funny – on Wednesday, May 20, from 6-9pm, Diana Gitesha-Hernandez is having her jazz show, Diva Dive, at Tio Pepe’s.  I am going to do 2 short comedy sets on their breaks.  They are at 168 West 4^th Street.  No cover.  No minimum.  Good food, good music, good comedy. 

Hope you’ll want to be part of the fun.

Mindy Matijasevic

So much love to CGG-M ❤ 💕 ❤

May 14, 2026

    Hello again.  Isn’t it amazing, here in NYC, to go from summer to winter in three days!?  Life isn’t boring even when we don’t factor in people.

    I happened to come across a song that was banned in the 1950s.  Compared to what is deemed acceptable now, I find it remarkable.

His Balls Got Stuck In His Zipper

    Last week was action-packed for me.  There was one event I had hoped to attend that I didn’t.  That was disappointing, but there were reasons.  I achieved most of what I needed to do.

    Today I got an email that a poem of mine is getting published.  My poem is  called “On Virginity.”  It is inspired by the style of poet Hal Sirowitz.

    This Tuesday, 4/21, my part-time job resumes.  I’m teaching creative writing in ten-week sessions to retirees of a labor union.  I began last September which was the fall cycle.  Then in January, we began the winter cycle.  Now will be the spring cycle.  Each cycle brings new students and some who are taking the class again.  Then that’s it for the teaching year.  If registration shows interest, it will go on next fall.

    The students and I are in the same age range, and most of us want to have written our stories before leaving this Earth.  It’s a warm togetherness, a safe environment to be vulnerable, and a great part-time job.  And well paid in terms of the hourly rate.

    And now for the funny – I’ll be at Pangea (2^nd Avenue near 12^th Street, NYC) on Saturday, May 2^nd, 9pm show.  Ten dollars in advance; $15 at the door.  Advance tickets here:  May 2nd EAT DRINK LAUGH SHOW

    Pangea has a $20 food/drink minimum in addition.

    Paul Hallasy’s EAT DRINK LAUGH show is always a good time.  Makes a great date – you get to learn a lot about a person by what makes him/her laugh.  Pay attention.

    Mark your calendars for comedy at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, on June 19^th.  The Almost Summer Comedy Show guarantees laughter.

Much love to CGG-M  ❤❤❤

Mindy Matijasevic

April 20, 2026