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Great Documentary: Herb & Dorothy

If you're interested in the visual arts and documentaries that highlight some quirky aspect of the art world, you might really love this film.



Herb & Dorothy 





This was quite a charming documentary that focuses on Herbert & Dorothy Vogel, New York art collectors who live in a small one-bedroom apartment and have been collecting artwork since 1958.



When I think of art collectors, I don't normally think of a postal worker and his librarian wife.  But this is who they are (though now...

I love that this cloud...

looks like Lyle Lovett.

Crab Creek Review New Issue & Poetry Contest Update

Crab Creek Review







Somehow I think I neglected to announce-- The new issue of CRAB CREEK REVIEW is out and available!  You can order the individual issue here or sign up for a subscription (we love our subscribers-- thank you!)



If you don't know, Crab Creek Review is one of the remaining perfect-bound print journals and no, we are not planning on becoming an online journal.  We publish two issues a year and well, we think they are rather gorgeous.  



For this issue-- (Issue 1: 2010)



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Something I've Said-- The Secret to Writing Poems

You can still trust me on this one.



Originally published on the first (now deleted) Book of Kells, February 16th, 2006--









The Secret to Writing Poems--



The secret to writing poems is white chocolate, specifically Ghirardelli. . .



but also milk chocolate including Hershey's chocolate, but not Nestle's. For dark chocolate lovers, try non-pariels, they are also the secret as is Godiva for sonnets.



The secret can be found is some boxes of chocolate, but not in any where the filling...

Best Book Covers for 2009

This article was in Entertainment Weekly, but you can see the full list of 50 here.

Confession Tuesday

My lovely PO Box



Dear Reader,



We are attempting to have summer here, but it's been in the 60's and overcast.  Sometimes rain.  While this part of summer sucks (there is no better way to say this), I love where I live for other reasons.  Small town life.  Beach, water, mountains in all directions.  Heron.  Kingfisher.  Eagles.  And deer & bear.   But geez, I'd love a little sun.  



But it's Confession Tuesday, Confess-sun Tuesday! so I better share my sins.



To the confessional--

Something I've Said-- "Career Poet" is an Oxymoron

From a blog post dated January 16, 2006:





Career Poet is an OxymoronI've been in and out of conversations lately, but this idea of a "career poet" seems silly to me. 

Even if you work in academia, try to win awards to boost your resume, etc. etc. I don't think you can be a career poet. I think you can have a career with a university. I think awards and books may help your success there, but I think career poet is like saying career gardener or career hospice worker or career monk.



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Something I've Said-- Success as an Artiste'

This is an old post of mine from my now-deleted blog, but just wanted to share this as this question of *S*U*C*C*E*S*S* always seems to be the swinging through us and occasionally I watch someone jump in front of it hoping to be struck...



But what is success?  Here were my feelings on success December 28, 2005 and they haven't really changed except I'd add, I feel successful when I write and am true to myself...







I've got the brains, you've got the looks, let's make lots of money...

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Welcome Beach Time!

Request: How often do you write in your shed vs. another place?

Marty & I in my writing shed

How often do you write in your shed vs. another place?





I actually do a lot of writing inside in a room that is my office/art studio area (I just took out the couch so I could bring my paint supplies in).



I consider this room my "administrative room" where I answer emails, blog, do bills, and submit work, but many times I write in here for 15 minutes or so, or in the morning before anyone is up.



My shed usually needs a little warming up, so I tend to do in...