Tag: books
What I Read, Watched, & Listened to in October
I thought I’d put together a brief list sharing my best of the best in October. I thought by only sharing what really knocked my socks off would result in a short piece. However, day by day I kept adding to it and, … Continue reading What I Read, Watched, & Listened to in October
Grieving Hope Reading on Youtube
Where you can hear the Southern drawl I don’t think I have! 😆 (Cross-post from my Substack) A while ago I mentioned that my debut chapbook, Offset Melodies, was recently released by ElJ Editions in the collection Grieving Hope. The collection contains … Continue reading Grieving Hope Reading on Youtube
Preorders Open for My 1st Prose Chapbook
Last August I submitted a manuscript to an open call by the independent press, ELJ Editions. Five micro chapbooks were selected to be included in one volume and mine was one. To say I was happily surprised is an understatement! The entire process with ELJ Editions has been a pleasure. Many thanks to Editor Diane Gottlieb and Founder & Publisher Ariana D. Den Bleyker. I’m pleased that preorders are now available here. My chapbook, Offset Melodies, is all prose, consisting of micro and flash creative nonfiction and autofiction. I’m excited to be published with four phenomenal women writers: Kim Steutermann … Continue reading Preorders Open for My 1st Prose Chapbook
Talking Poetry & 2nd Quarter Favs
For me, Poetry is like the weather. It comes in a lightning strike, a fully formed flash, or like a hurricane gathering strength and building as it grows. I can’t decide to write a poem. It decides to allow me … Continue reading Talking Poetry & 2nd Quarter Favs
Hearts
So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment. We are utterly open with no one in the end – not mother and father, not wife or … Continue reading Hearts
Just is
“This was the simple happiness of complete harmony with her surroundings, the happiness that asks for nothing, that just accepts, just breathes, just is.” —- from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Van Arnim Continue reading Just is
Rainy Day Reading
It’s a rainy Monday morning and I have the radio (yes, a real radio!) on the local Classic Rock station, something I rarely do anymore. It’s all about streaming on Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Soundcloud, and probably zillions of other services … Continue reading Rainy Day Reading
Oak Tree and Fern
“Beauty was all around them. Unsuspected tintings glimmered in the dark demesnes of the woods and glowed in their alluring by-ways. The spring sunshine sifted through the young green leaves. Gay trills of song were everywhere. There were little hollows … Continue reading Oak Tree and Fern
Pandemic Reading: Writers Share Their Picks
With the pandemic now (arguably) in it’s 8th month, I’ve been noticing lots of talk about books on social media. It looks like reading is enjoying a boom and that’s a good thing! In the past few months, though, I find that my reading choices are pickier than usual. Memoirs and Poetry are probably my favorite genres but I have loved a good dystopian novel (read Blindness by Jose Saramago or Station Eleven by Emily St. Mandel). However, I seem to have lost my taste for the dystopian in books and in tv. When I try to read or watch, … Continue reading Pandemic Reading: Writers Share Their Picks
