Blog Posts

  • The Nanowrimo Wrap

    So, in between a weekend festival, a week-long trip to Europe, Thanksgiving weekend and all the commitments that entailed, I managed to hit my (private, drop-dead-with-embarassment-if-you-don’t-make-it) goal of 25K words, plus a little before the month ended.  I didn’t make it to 50K, but I’m still really pleased with what I learned from the whole…

  • Schola Ariolos Updates

    I’m still plugging along at the beast which is the Nanowrimo novel–due to European travel and the usual November holiday happenings, I’m only at about the halfway mark, so the chances of reaching 50K this week are slim.  However, I haven’t given up yet, and I have posted excerpts from several of the book’s sections…

  • NaNoWrimo (n.) – Insanity in 50K words

    This year I decided to jump into the wild and wacky world of NaNoWriMo to give my writing an extra boost and to help silence my extraordinarily critical inner editor. This project turned out to be a fortuitous combination of stories I’ve been pondering for a while, which it turns out, all are inter-related and…

  • Grow a Poet-Tree

    Just a few snapshots from this weekend’s drop-in art and writing activity, “Grow a Poet-Tree” at PEM for the Massachusetts Poetry Festival.  Kudos to my intern Kate for drawing three beautiful trees for us to decorate with leaves of original and remembered poetry, illustration, and reflection. Poets quoted included but were not limited to: ee…

  • Word Art for National Poetry Month

    A few collected graphics to celebrate the way a few well-crafted words create such strong mental images. Huzzah for poetry! My favorite of the official National Poetry Month posters (though this poem reminds me of high school chemistry class, the teacher was a frustrated poet, I think, better that than a self-identified Prufrock) As usual,…