Blog Posts

  • Found Poetry in un-Altered Books

    Last year’s found poetry experiment required altered books (Post 1 on Brain Popcorn, Post 2 on Sea Dreams).  This year, inspired by the remarkable photopoetry of Nina Katchadourian (see her Sorted Books Project and accompanying book), I decided to mine my own shelves for poetic assemblages of titles.  Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of epic…

  • A Good Month for Writing

    March is over, I’m back from vacation, my taxes are filed, and it’s National Poetry Month (not to mention another round of Camp Nano)–clearly, April is meant to be a good month for writing.  I actually have several projects on the front burners (going to need a bigger mental stove…), but until I have news…

  • Submissions feel like chocolate cake tastes

    2014 is off to a good start! For those of you who actually click through to my whole blog, you’ll have noticed that we have a spruced up theme for the new year, complete with a breathtaking family photo from Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail for inspiration. It’s also been a good year for progress on…

  • Month of Letters Update

    Earlier in the  month I mentioned that I’d signed up to participate in A Month of Letters, and it’s been a very enjoyable experience.  I’ve had a lot of fun with all the variation possible in this challenge – hand making cards, using my old-fashioned pens &  inkwells, picking out fun valentines, and using stationery…

  • Highlights from Boskone

    Between holidays, snow, and work commitments, this was maybe  not the ideal weekend to go to a sci-fi/fantasy convention.  I went anyway.  Last year was my first con ever, and much as I had an immensely enjoyable time at Arisia, I’d heard Boskone had a lot going for it as well, so that was this…