There’s a vortex there she said they said. Someone spoke at a ridiculous dinner where she wasn’t sure whether the main teller was the wife or the daughter of the man who first said the thing about Mount Shasta. Vortex she told me she told them – the daughter/wife and the man -- I don’t … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, July 27th, 2014: power center
Category: Art and Literature
Story Time Sunday, July 20th, 2014 — a silly story of some queens — appropriate for any age group
This story started with this quiz: Which famous king or queen are you? (Take the quiz and make up your own story and share it in the comments.) Once upon a time there were 7 Catherine the Greats. No, 8. "Let’s free the serfs," said a Catherine. "Let’s review the troops," said another. "Before we … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, July 20th, 2014 — a silly story of some queens — appropriate for any age group
Story Time Sunday on Monday — July 14th 2014 — a tiny tale with one slightly risqué item 2/3rds of the way through
Today I met a lady in my online women's support group who is a sword swallower. She is also a dermatologist, a juggler, a mother of 2 and an award winning pastry chef. Also a novelist. Do people like that make you feel insecure? Me too. But I’ve learned to do what my mom always … Continue reading Story Time Sunday on Monday — July 14th 2014 — a tiny tale with one slightly risqué item 2/3rds of the way through
Story Time Sunday — July 6th, 2014 — a flash fiction story about a bookstore reading
Once upon a time there was a man who said he was and indeed he WAS a literalist. This means, according to him, that he couldn’t see pictures in his head or understand metaphors. He couldn’t imagine abstract things, he said. “Well that’s not so weird,” I told him at the bookstore where we came … Continue reading Story Time Sunday — July 6th, 2014 — a flash fiction story about a bookstore reading
a tuesday poem
Friends, last night I spoke with a cancer survivor about the primal scream that is poetic utterance, that poetry -- however you define it -- can face the extreme. here's a modest contribution. unfinished poem today I started a poem about 3 boys who were murdered in a far away desert but I … Continue reading a tuesday poem
Sunday Special — 2 books worth reading, June 29th 2014
Dear Friends -- I've been busy helping a family member with a medical situation. It's funny how the medical and its attendant woes -- pain, waiting, garages, doctors, logistics, pharmacies, -- silences a person, makes a person quiet in the face of something that words can't solve or change. So, I've been feeling quiet lately. … Continue reading Sunday Special — 2 books worth reading, June 29th 2014
Magically Real interrupted, briefly
Dear Friends -- We've had a slight hitch in the proceedings as I tend to an under-the-weather family member and go through 5 stacks of mail. As we deal, here's a clip from THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOZuLD1u_K4
midweek magically marvelous interview: June 18th 2014
Dear Friends -- Apeiron Review was not only nice enough to publish my lyric essay on converting to Judaism last spring (Issue 3), they were also nice enough to invite me to be the illuminated object of their Author Spotlight for this June. Here is a link to the interview! Please take a look. And … Continue reading midweek magically marvelous interview: June 18th 2014
story time sunday, june 15, 2014 — speaking of fathers of invention…
dear friends -- a little flash fiction for you while you're waiting for your dad, taking care of your or someone else's dad, are busy being a dad, used to be a dad, are currently dadless, or whatever your relation to dadness as a category is: once upon a time there was a guy with … Continue reading story time sunday, june 15, 2014 — speaking of fathers of invention…
teachin’ tuesday, june 10, 2014 — 5 questions for guest faculty from Yi Shun Lai
Dear Friends -- Yi Shun Lai asks guest faculty at this years August NILA residency to answer 5 questions. To find out more about our residency up on beautiful Whidbey Island, click on http://www.nila.edu/mfa/ To find out more about my fantastically gifted and athletic teaching partner Janet Buttenwieser, click here. Here they are along with … Continue reading teachin’ tuesday, june 10, 2014 — 5 questions for guest faculty from Yi Shun Lai
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 