- 8 Things I Learned From My 1st AWP 1. The smartest book-sellers offered free cocktails with their heavily discounted books. Shout out to Wesleyan University Press and their Moscow Mule + 50% off BAX anthology deal. 2. I have resolved that writers are extraordinarily aware of the space they occupy in the world. I found myself sitting at a lot of big roundtables […]
- Born in:on Blue In the last week or so, I have said to more than one person that my return to poetry makes me feel born again. I do not know how not to use religious language for this experience, but I do think that spirituality and language have the same geneologies. I’m talking goodnight ma- goodnight pa-goodnight […]
- Unfinished Post from December, Resuscitated from the Drafts Lately I’ve been thinking about how I was once a great deal more contemplative. Less extroverty, more introspective. Something shifted for me over the last five years. (For you Myers Briggs nerds, it was a gargantuan shift from INTP –> ENFP). I love going at full-speed, and trying to capitalize on as much fun as […]
- Crouched and Waiting; Things to Blog About (Soon, You) I must say, I welcome you to send me one-line nudges a ‘la “please post a new blog, dear” via the messenger bird, the postcard, the Twitter, or email (freshgreenbeans at gmail). Extra points if you can manage it as a haiku. I’ll post the best of them here. There is so much I’ve queued […]
- Três coisas; three things. Notes to Self. 1. Restart the call for impromptu poetry, as you once did. Maybe some haikus? Haikus are fun. Haikus are vastly underappreciated (at least in the West.) Does anyone write poetry for sport anymore? 2. Create an epic book queue list, since you are always in the middle of four score and seven […]
- Notes to Self, From Prague Just gathering my thoughts. I realize it has been awhile. (Mac users, you should try this note-taking app out. It is free for 30 days to try.) Heading out now to Cafe Louvre with my moleskine(s).
- It’s Going To Be A Good Year
- Bloggy CPR 0. Well hello. 1. I’ve made the trek from Los Angeles to DC for the holidays. 2. Virgin America is the bomb dot com because they gave me free WIFI on the plane. 3. Since this is one of my first posts since turning 30, I played with the “shadow” editing on iPhoto to exaggerate […]
- Goodbye Whidbey As I’m waving goodbye to Seattle and Whidbey Island, there are a couple of things I’ve learned on this trip. 1. It is a whole ‘nother world riding bicycles around practically deserted islands. 2. Running around the city with a Holga and another friend with a Holga is absolutely delightful. 3. Hiking through the Cascades […]
- And Unwind Well now. My sanity is now somewhat restored. 1. I turned in over 45 pages of papers at 4:51pm yesterday, thus fulfilling all requirements for this insane quarter at Fuller Theological Seminary. 2. Dear Elise drove down from Santa Barbara to insistently celebrate #1 with me. She picked me up in the old Volvo and […]
- MLK’s Rule of Life for the Civil Rights Movement I just thought I’d share this, since in reading it tonight I immediately started to cry. Once upon a time Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a non-violent movement that changed the world. These were his “rules” that all Birmingham demonstrators had to agree to, in order to join him: From Marjorie Thompson’s Soul Feast.
- How to Survive Finals Step one. Headphones and loud music. Step Two. Potent coffee in a ceramic mug. Step Three. A mental cocktail of slight-delirium, oh help me Jesus-type prayer, and dorky excitement for learning. It also helps to have a Zeppe the puppy calendar on your wall. Wednesday night update: 12 pages of 47 written and 1 other […]