Originally posted on Winter Reading 2022:
Well, I have only made it to 6 books in the challenge but I have learned so much over the last several weeks. My final book for the challenge is Touching Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh. I have been reading his work for quite a long time and was profoundly…
We are nearly there! I give myself a C+ on the overall effort– with the early hours and low light producing, the mistakes abound. But hey, here’s to finishing what we start. https://kdrt.org/audio/part-6-moon-down-john-steinbeck
Well, gotta love the idea of poems in the Amtrak Station but zowie, January 2022 is dedicated to Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons! Read about it here: https://www.flowchartfoundation.org/amtrak-poetry I have adored “A Long Dress.” for many a ModPo year. I’ve read OBJECTS, FOOD, and some of ROOMS in my own copy of Tender Buttons (The Centennial
I received an email from a local art gallery about an exhibit of Rydingsvard’s work, and I was attracted enough by the images of a few of her pieces on display to follow a link to a video about her. I thought it was going to be 57 minutes long, but it’s just a very
Well, since we are counting pages during the winter months, it’s hard to know how many times we have read this book! A gift from @julienaslund5866 – the story reads like any typical day in my life. I go out into the world with clothes on and wonder what the heck is going on. Coming
After a holiday hiatus, we are nearly through with The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. This week covers pages 77-92 in my edition. I think it’ll be one or two shows before the end of the book. Enjoy! https://kdrt.org/audio/part-5-moon-down-john-steinbeck
And then I found a wormhole where I got to thumb through Wait Till I’m Dead Uncollected Poems by Allen Ginsberg as well as Tracy K Smith’s Wade in the Water a gift @julienaslund5866 gave to me in the spring of 2021. Both are equally worth investigating and offer very different perspectives in space and
Sharing a little work content here…
Perhaps more pixels than pages, but well worth a watch (I cried): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F5wDA1QiqU
Merce Cunningham has been in inspiration to me for many, many years. This short video is an engaging synopsis of who he was, what he did, how he influenced the world around him. I highly recommend it.
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