poem for 4.12.05: Sunby Michael Palmer

Hurray! The new issue of FRiGG, one of my favorite ezines, is live featuring the work of such talented souls as Terri Brown-Davidson, Dave Clapper, Heather Fleming, Paul A. Toth and many more. Go on and read it.

More daffodils finding out if they like their new home in the woods.

Allen calls these “the fire pit” because of the stones but it was the only way I could protect them from the mailman. They are right near the mailbox and he will drive over them otherwise.

I planted some daffodils in front of this rotting stump. They will be a gorgeous contrast when they flower.

Wonderful writing in the new Pindeldyboz, including this gem: Why a Dilettante Poet Looks Better Than Youby MaryAnne McCollister

yard work

Please forgive me for being quiet today, my friends. Allen has had time off and so we have been partaking of ye olde New England rite of SPRING–yard work. The past four days have been a blur of brush clearing, raking, branch pruning, fertilizing and tree cutting. I feel as though we have plowed the back forty with a mule and I have the … Read More yard work

Late in the winter and early in the spring the snow is covered in miniscule black dots. If you put your face up closely to them, you will see that they are moving, some sort of insect. As the snow melts, they follow it. And if it melts beneath them, they take off across the lawn as a moving carpet in search of more … Read More

This story–Dandruff is as bad for the Earth as it is for your image–is both disgusting and fascinating: Millions of tons of dandruff are circling the Earth, blocking out sunlight, causing rain and spreading disease, startling new research shows.

This sounds great and I wish I could go to it but I can’t so I’m going to post the release here instead: Come share a weekend of awakening to the writer’s life, based on tenets from Lynn Grabhorn’s best-selling book, Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting. Join writers Rebecca Lawton and Jordan Rosenfeld at Creating Space, a restorative retreat designed to help you … Read More

ai yi yi! This will definitely put a damper on how many stories I send out (and maybe that’s a good thing?): Postal service proposes rate increase

Here’s a cool flash by the one and only Dave Clapper: Missing