Luliole Press has been kind enough to publish some of my photos and a bit of prose in the newly released Winter 2010 issue. For me the nicest thing was being asked if something I’d posted here could be included in the issue, and being able to provide additional photos, too. The black background of [...]
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state of the art in 1752
I’m on my fourth revision of an essay about being a childless woman and having getting to listen to other women’s birth stories. I love the idea of my essay, and many parts of it, but it is just not coming all together, even with time on the couch due to a badly sprained ankle. [...]
publication news
I got a package today. Hard copies of a beautifully illustrated journal that just so happens to have one of my essays in it, “Under the Kiwi Vine.” It’s only available in print, but is — especially if you love birds — worth it. LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts. Noteworthy bonus: Dave Bonta’s friend and [...]
Protected: ack! the toodooze — week of July 6th
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toodooze week of June 15
What poetry doozies were done last week: 1. Read: Read 2 poems poetry pals sent me or posted (published) and read quite a few RWP folks poems. 2. Write: Did not do great on free writes. But I did research and wrote a poem that needs to be changed and improved. It’s a start! 3. [...]
toodooze June 8
My poetry tasks for this week (June 8) are: 1. Read: Read a poem a day (someone else’s) 2. Write: Free write every day for 15 minutes (posting a dent is optional) 3. Craft: Work on one revision (minimum). 4. Critique: Identify (next week) which poems are to be reviewed for next group 6/24. 5. [...]
nice news for some of my work
First there is OCHO #24, all from Twitter poets, which accepted “The Knife Thrower.” Collin Kelley & Didi Menendez asked for fresh, and it was – from April’s NaPoWriMo. You can see the journal here. My poem sits along with Christine Swint‘s “Antidepressants, second generation,” Sherry Chandler‘s “Dog Days,” Ivy Alvarez‘s “What Vivien Leigh Dropped” [...]
too much and not enough
When a person is fed, clothed, sheltered and safe there is a time question. Too much or not enough to make something of the hour, day, week that lasts. Something is vague, a shifting fog in low light — build instead a small cairn. Walk away; behind you saws grind maple to dust, open bluing [...]
Protected: revising April
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In Portland, Oregon, “24/7″ marks seven years of war this weekend
“24/7″: 24 CONCERTS IN ONE DAY TO MARK SEVEN YEARS OF WAR Dozens of Portland’s most accomplished musicians offer a huge gift to the region. By mid-March, the United States will have been at war in Afghanistan and Iraq for seven years. To mark this anniversary over 150 of the Portland area’s best classical musicians [...]
