I write from the fire escape in Jim Thorpe, PA as the band chatters on from stage below me. Outside the humidity is sluggish at best, but good, as the weather reminds us to slow down. B took a run, but I took a walk up the long winding hill of this old mining town turned artists retreat colony. It is not too far from NYC and Philidelphia, and it ( Read more... )

Well folks...today was the day I finaly went to get my CPR certification renewed. May I say, as a member of the educational field, somewhat confident that I have the basic skills to teach a class, that the instructor was horrid!! Stopped in the middle of sentences, wandered off to sides of the room mid-phrase, lengthy pauses, inconsistant eye- ( Read more... )

On my floor are five manila envelopes full of my shortened (thanks FOO!) manuscript. If no one sees it, they will never be able to publish it, right? So here I go, diving in to the great unknown of poetics...I'm tired. time to go to the farmers market and go home to shovel manure and be in the sun.

wish them luck on their journey...

Well folks, the end of bliss is upon me. I have one and a half more days here in Vermont, and this one has been entirely consumed by the BLECK of a headache that makes me want to just sit in front of the TV and space out. I sat in bed all morning and read, and listened to music. Couldn't sleep last night either, which was frusterating. Why? I don't ( Read more... )

My dears, it has been a most amazing two says. Yesterday I went to check out the Bread and Puppet Museum and saw a great collection of paper mache puppets and props from the many international preformances the troupe has done. It was awesome. Today I went to a BBQ at a man named Francois clemmens. Some of you may know him as Officer Clemmens from ( Read more... )

Just an update from me in my Vermont bliss. It has been two weeks, which seem to have flown by. Two more and I will be whisking home for the Harmony festival, my first (hopefully not last) dyke wedding, and fun weekends with Bryan. Summer is here! Time for BBQ's, outings, rivers, and watermelon. I hope to see all of you over the summer and share ( Read more... )

I have arrived in Vermont. Well, a few daya go I arrived, and just now am I settled in enough to sit down and write y'all about it. I am in Johnson VT, at a writers retreat. There are actually more artists and people of that persuasion here, but there are about 10 writers, and I am enjoying taking walks with them and discussing things like ( Read more... )

Ah yes, I descend down, top hatches of the bus open to the warm central valley wind ( Read more... )

The exquisite pleasure that I feel from being home where the sounds of tractors and birds and chickens are most frequent. I get to house-sit for the house next door, with a hot tub right by the creek with the stars overhead and lots of trees. Lovely. I am currently doing the job for today, which is waiting for the animal control guy to show up to ( Read more... )

Something else...ladies, my 8 year old voracious reader of a niece is in search of some books with strong females. warriorfoo recommended Alana (Pierce), and she has alredy read Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie. She likes period books, like Little Women, and the American Girl series and she's a girly girl who likes Ballet and ( Read more... )