April: National Poetry Month
To celebrate National Poetry Month, I’ve assembled ten poems for your reading pleasure. Every one of these poems has influenced me, resolutely. Most have been with me for a long time–years. One in...
View ArticleTinHouse Proves Me Wrong
In my first post at Inconvenient Body, I claimed with anxious and vehement conviction that To write enthusiastically about a woman’s milky breast is poetic, but to write enthusiastically about that...
View ArticleJournal Indexed 2
Whenever I finish a journal–before putting it away on the shelf–I flip through the pages and write down on index cards a variety of inspirations and notes found therein. This exercise was created to...
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Another journal down. Below are some indexed notes. Quotes, writing prompts, thoughts, etc. Enjoy.
View ArticleMy Inconvenient Toiletries (A Price Tag For my Vanity)
After emptying my bathroom trash for the second time this week I’ve started to pay attention to the amount of products I use in my daily routine (and the waste they produce). I use a lot of...
View ArticleLeo Lionni’s Frederick–A Book Review
The mouse family living inside the stone wall are busy preparing for the scarcity of winter. They toil manually, scavenging straw, corn and berries. Meanwhile, Frederick sits nearby shirking his chilly...
View ArticleIt Washed the Writer Out
It appears that I can’t sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider to Henry Rainer without getting a little misty eyed. I wonder why……..
View ArticleD.I.Y. Baby
I like blogs. I like foodie blogs, political blogs, writer blogs, narrative blogs; and I especially like do-it-yourself blogs–blogs with craft tutorials, (step by step pictures are best). With the...
View Article10 Recipes for 10 Valentines
It is fairly unhip to like Valentines Day, and to justify my enthusiasm, I offer the following ramble: My old friend Casey is young, bright-eyed, and wide open. I adored her and still do. She once...
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