Saturday October 18th, my hiking pal, Danielle, and I hiked SW Washington’s June Lake to Chocolate Falls trail, hoping the mist and fog wouldn’t turn to rain, and that we’d get a last fall hike in. We’ve only managed four other hikes since April. Dismal numbers no self-respecting hiker can like. The weather and our [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
a link to Mark Johnson’s “Stand by Me”, as seen on Bill Moyer’s Journal
Stand By Me: Playing For Change Thanks to the YouTubers for putting it on the web. Looks to me like the 2003 film, by the same name, is a different version. I’m not sure how to get the film itself, or a recording. It seems to have run at a number of film festivals earlier [...]
playing for change: peace through music
I have had a crappy week. I still have a job, a husband, a home and family. But all have been tested this week. My grandmother in Texas is dying. My mother is damn close to dying, and we have a complicated mother-daughter relationship that I keep hoping I can come to peace with, before [...]
American sentence for poverty
Today is Blog Action Day: Poverty. In order to honor the solidarity of (what I hope is) a grass-roots movement to get people talking about, if only for one day, poverty, here is an American Sentence: * * * The homeless’ cigarettes harsh truth: they smoke to deaden cold appetite. * * * I had [...]
American Sentences instead of a confession
I have been working a lot of OT the last few weeks. Before that it was Read Write Poem‘s overhaul, even though Dana did most of the heavy lifting. So here is a brief post as I start my workday. American Sentences. * * * * * * * Any fear of -nessless pushes me [...]
PoCo poem: Squall
Squall I will. Tomorrow. And an explanation for being quiet. As if silence can be explained, as if an explanation is needed. Sonorous expectations roll down the mud-tracked street. I know. Tomorrow. And an expectation that all will be resolved. Anticipation dissolves in puddles like so many oily rainbows. Tomorrow – isn’t that what you [...]
Arizonasaurus
I wasn’t going to try to write a poem based on Juliet’s prompt – fun that it was – until I saw Reth’s Lesothosaurus. His inspired me to Google Arizonasaurus, and gracious. There is a northern Arizona dino. Well not really a dinosaur, but an ancient critter that looks like a really big croc with [...]
More PoCo fun: translating
So The PoCo October-resident-poet, Twitches, came up with a cool play-with-words prompt. You take a poem, perhaps one you are not attached to, and stuff it in BabelFish and see what comes out. Nathan offered a very nice poem of his up in the comments, which I borrowed – with permission since it was offered [...]
Are you an undecided voter? Read this:
An interesting excerpt from Roger Cohen’s NY Times editorial from yesterday, “Nixon, Bush, Palin” “I’m grateful to Bob Rice of Tangent Capital for pointing out that the actuarial risk, based on mortality tables, of Palin becoming president if the Republican ticket wins the election is about 1 in 6 or 7. That’s the same odds [...]
A poorly done update
I have about 3 draft started, an attempt to blog, and update, but it just isn’t happening! Work is busy, had visitors (parents) for 10 days, am working with Dana to rebuild Read Write Poem. And working out details with Christine and Nathan. The site will be delicious once it is up with a new [...]
