New works from: Carrie Berry, Randall Brown, Patricia Parkinson, Lydia Theys, Leigh Hughes, Bob Arter, Tonya Judy, Linda M. Donovan and more (including the announcement of the fiction contest winners! Hearty congratulations to Rusty, Richard and Kathy!)
I wish I had not read the headlines this morning: woman in Kansas steals a fetus — seriously, WHAT is wrong with people???? This story is horrific and perhaps the most chilling are the details at the bottom which suggest that pregnant women are often victims of homicide. Bush Named Time’s Person of 2004–this one speaks for itself.
Lilies and Cannonballs Review issue #2 is now available to order. Sorry to be pushy and self-promoting but there’s a story by me in this issue and they seem like very nice folks at that journal and, well, if you wanted to order a copy or something, that would be cool. Okay. I’m going back to my cave now. Thanks.
Yellow Stars and Ice by Susan Stewart note: I love the incantatory rhythm of this poem.
Okay, this dream involves two of my friends–whom I will call X (a younger fellow, who has gone through some disturbing personal trauma this past year) and Y(an older fellow who has had a nice year), me and some other person who was faceless and nameless. Both X & Y are people I have worked with previously and both are friends with my husband … Read More another dream–open for interpretation
J.D. Daniels moving essay, Technical Difficulty, comes to me in perfect timing. I spent some time this morning discussing with friends what motivates/demotivates us from writing. My motivator, I said, is a desire to prove someone wrong–even if that someone is myself. Daniels walks us through his evolution from young man in Kentucky, to college student, to writing teacher, to where he is now: … Read More Technical Difficulty, by J. D. Daniels
I LOVE this: It’s a Wonderful Life in 30 seconds (and re-enacted by bunnies) Thanks to the wonderful Kieran for this link.
hmmm, I’m wondering if the anti-oxidant properties of the Yerba Mate are causing me to have nightmares. Here’s one from two nights ago: There was a small tiger in my yard. It looked almost like a stuffed animal or cartoon (like Hobbes). I went up to the creature and offered it my hand in the form of a fist, downturned. It took my fist … Read More interpret my dreams (please!)
So if you’re going to buy presents, why not buy green? The Grist offers excellent suggestions here: For Give and For Get
Amber Dermont’s shilling, fast-paced story “A Splendid Wife” in the Winter 2004 issue of The Georgia Review is a good read and eerily timely in light of the Laci Peterson case.
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII) by Edna St. Vincent Millay
So I had my first cup of Yerba Mate tea last week and was less than enthused. But, now that I’ve had five or six cups, I’m starting to like it more and more. I’ll never love the taste of it or the strange tingling tongue, but I do like that it gives me energy without making me feel wired. Okay, off for a … Read More Yerba Mate is growing on me
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