Goodbye, 2015

Greetings from rural Illinois! I’m out here enjoying winter break, organizing poetry files, and writing haibun. Next week, I’ll be back to the warm weather, kicking off 2016 with a road trip through Mexico. I’ve been too busy to blog this semester. I’ve even neglected my poor email newsletter. But I thought I’d pop inContinue reading “Goodbye, 2015”

Ain’t No Party Like a Poetry Party

Okay, my New Year’s plans are a little livelier than that. But if you’re poetry-minded  and want to spend New Year’s Eve being creative, you are invited to join the New Year’s Poetry Party. New Year’s Poetry Party What: A night to write the last poems of 2014 and start the New Year on aContinue reading “Ain’t No Party Like a Poetry Party”

Some quick updates

Life has been a whirlwind lately. There are blog posts I’ve wanted to write, but haven’t made time. However, I have some announcements that I want to dash off before turning in for the night. 1. Registration for the Submission Mission 2014 workshop is now open! For details and a link to the registration form,Continue reading “Some quick updates”

What I loved in 2012

While I’ve blogged my reading lists pretty extensively, I haven’t listed all of the things I’ve loved this year. So here’s a rundown of great music, websites, and tech stuff I discovered. Note that not all of it was brand new this year, but it was new to me. Television Buffy the Vampire Slayer, seasonsContinue reading “What I loved in 2012”