Well, it’s a sad day today. Ink Pot, where I have worked as an editor for the past couple of years, is ceasing publication with the release of our Issue #7 in October 2005. It is not through the lack of hard work or talent that this has come to pass, rather a twist of fate–a sponsor pulling out. With that said, there is … Read More

In case you didn’t know, today is International Women’s Day. One way you might mark the day is by donating to Women for Women International.

The multi-talented Jordan Rosenfeld has an absolutely beautiful new piece in The St. Petersburg Times. Read it here: Unseen Hands.

softening up

There are brown patches of leafy ground revealed now. Snow melting at the edges. Puddles where once there was ice. The earth is softening up. Winter ends in less than two weeks and it will not return again for another nine months. Today I believe that is possible. That winter will end this year. Yes, it will snow again for sure. It is even … Read More softening up

When I went downstairs for my coffee this morning, Allen handed me the paper open to the Op Ed section and said, “Read this.” This dog’s life is story about love. A perfect story about love. A love story: But personally (and everything that matters comes down to the personal), we believe that she is too full of love now for death to have … Read More

Holy crap! This is going to provide me with hours of fun: The Museum of Bad Album Covers. Thanks to my pal Kieran for the link.

poem for 3.4.05: The Mystery of Meteors by Eleanor Lerman

Queer Eye for the Green Guy is Lou Bendrick’s hilarious view on how image can make (or break) the environmental activisit: My point is, image consultants are working around the clock to ensure that next-generation oil barons keep their pudgy bottoms in the seat of power. These consultants know that even the simplest tactics can produce enormous results. If you don’t believe me, slap … Read More

Anatomy Lesson (an excerpt)by Myfanwy Collins breasts Do you want to see it? We were standing before the long mirror above her cherry dresser when she pulled down one half of her nightgown to reveal the left side of her chest. In a place I knew well, having been weaned only a few years prior there was a concavity where once a breast had … Read More

poem for 3.2.05: Burial Practice by Srikanth Reddy

This idea is interesting but I’m not sure I’d sign up for it: ‘Brain pacemaker’ may help worst cases of depression: To test an experimental surgery, doctors placed a device in the brains of six people who had all been treated for depression with drugs and talk therapy, and in some cases, electroshock therapy. I read in another article that it means having holes … Read More

New at Ink Pot

Don’t miss the fantastic interview with the one, the only: Susan DiPlacido. Also, read What I’m Thinking Now, haunting Creative Nonfiction by Gail Louise Seigel.