Monthly Archives: August, 2008
Poetic Progress
Although I’m taking a second workshop in the same form (ekphrasis) with the same leader (Christine Stewart) at the same location (BMA), I have been pleasantly surprised to find myself facing new challenges as a poet. So far I have started three poems about three different portraits, whereas in the previous workshop I only chose …
Really Cooking
Remember how I said I was fine with letting the summer fade away? I went to school today and realized how much I still need to do before the students come back, and all that contentedness flew out the window. Ah, well. I also turned thirty this past weekend, and treated myself to some kitchen …
Winding Down, Winding Up
My summer is quickly dwindling, but I’m feeling pretty content with the summer of ’08 and so am feeling fine about watching it go. We took a short trip to the beach, and I remembered how much I like to read short stories on vacation. They’re easy to dip in and out of, and you …
Finding Community
When I signed up for the poetry workshop I took this spring, one of my goals was to find some community here in Baltimore for myself as a writer, even if I didn’t enjoy the form. Well, as it turned out, I really loved the form, but also, I got to make some new friends …
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