Looking through some photos I took in New Orleans last week... This sign is on a crypt in St. Louis Cemetery Number One, in the French Quarter in New Orleans, LA. It opened in 1789. Cemeteries in New Orleans are above ground, because much of the city is under sea level. They are sometimes referred … Continue reading “closed forever.”
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in my shoes/in your shoes
Here's the latest Project Create entry - a few lines inspired by an exhibit at the Museum of Culture and Environment at CWU. in my shoes/in your shoes: where i walk the red dirt outside his garage where the music is made the brick sidewalks i paced waiting for you the pavement under the tree … Continue reading in my shoes/in your shoes
Dancing with J.
What happens when you mix art, food, music, a lovely winter day, Friday, old friends and new? If you are lucky, you get asked to dance by a beautiful woman. I did. The first Friday in February marked the opening of Alley Cat Artists' new location in Ellensburg. From their web site: "Alley Cat Artists … Continue reading Dancing with J.
Two Springs: Randomly Accessed Poetics
What a great experience to collaborate with fellow writer, poet, and Works in Progress (Richard Hugo House) alum William Lindberg, and what an honor for him to publish a short story I wrote on his literary site, Randomly Accessed Poetics (click here to read). The story is called Two Springs (click here to read) and it combines … Continue reading Two Springs: Randomly Accessed Poetics
Project create week three: Never make your move too soon
Project Create Week Three: Another inspiration from my wonderful writing group. The challenge is to write as many haiku poems as you can in fifteen minutes. This is my favorite of the bunch, at least right now. If we'd left the train At any earlier stops We would have missed this. Tomorrow, my favorite … Continue reading Project create week three: Never make your move too soon
Project Create 2012 Week Two: It’s good to have tradition
And it's even better to have wonderful writers to inspire you. Click here to read this week's creation, with gratitude to the Seattle writing group of Treg, Heidi, and Nancy. Here's how it starts: It’s good to have tradition It’s good to have tradition She said to herself through gritted teeth As she pulled the … Continue reading Project Create 2012 Week Two: It’s good to have tradition
The Book: a new character
I've updated The Book page with a new selection - click here to read it. Here's a quick recap and preview: In chapter one, Louie found an agreement that seemed to show her boss is an alien, working for an organization that bought her company three years earlier. In chapter two, she confronted her boss, who … Continue reading The Book: a new character
Poised to take off… and easy to root for
In the last week I've been lucky enough to see Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs twice: headlining a bill at Raw Space in their hometown of Ellensburg, and playing a free show at Hiawatha Community Center in West Seattle. Two completely different venues, audiences, atmospheres. (Fortunately, no one at Hiawatha needed to be bounced … Continue reading Poised to take off… and easy to root for
It gets better… but only if we all make sure it does.
Only four major league baseball teams so far? Come on, guys... Seattle Mariners, be the fifth team to do this. Give us something to be proud of this year. Baltimore Orioles become the fourth MLB team to join the It Gets Better Project. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning youth - too many of our young … Continue reading It gets better… but only if we all make sure it does.
PPP3 – does this sound like where you work?
Finally posting the next chapter in The Book. You can find it, oddly enough, on The Book page. In chapter one, Louie (Our Heroine) found an agreement that seemed to show her boss is an alien, working for an organization that bought her company three years earlier. In chapter two, she confronted her boss, who showed … Continue reading PPP3 – does this sound like where you work?
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