Continuing our time together as spring blossoms and minds follow.
As some of you know I’ve been studying white since the turn of the year and it has been a fruitful search — I have so many examples of observations around white, and I’ve had the pleasure of friends writing to me about their reflections of white and other fun surprises. I got white eggplants
If you haven’t heard of Naomi Klein, you should check her out. Her latest collaboration with The Intercept is worth viewing: “Coronavirus Capitalism”: Naomi Klein’s Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic What ideas are lying around from our reading? I am thinking of Walt Whitman, Eugene Debs, and even what Marie Curie might be
I have watched these two episodes of Craft in America and felt they are worth sharing during these isolating times: Craft in America IDENTITY episode Craft in America QUILTS episode My friend sent me these links a few weeks ago and I am glad I had them to lean on the last few afternoons. There
Starting on a mountaintop in Poland at the end of 2019 and ending here in the Central Valley as coronavirus sweeps the globe: What a trip. What trips! I finished the session with 2,801 pages behind me– yahoo! As we move towards our spring session together, I think I’ll have to take a break from
My last book of the winter reading session was a page turner! A neighbor and friend gave this to me during our last visit where we also exchanged seedlings. I remember saying to her, “It may be a while.” Well, it’s been ten days I think. Once I cracked this open, I made the goal
I found this book at the library sometime sorting through donations. I loved the title and am glad I held onto it– if you are a fan of language, this is a fun one. I read parts and talked about the book a bit on the radio yesterday morning that you can listen to here.
This collection of poetry came to me by way of ModPo. Anna sent it to me after I was the first caller in during a webcast sometime last year. This collection has got me interested in Moure and I hope to read more. Moure and more is extra fun since she uses so much word
The Combat Veteran & PTSD was written by my friend Francis Resta. He was a WWII combat veteran — was in Europe and Japan. The book is easy to read– conversational. It felt like I was having a solid chat with my friend– it is comforting to know that I have some of Francis’s language
I’ve been carrying Marianne Moore with me and managed to read Complete Poems in a waiting room, at a coffee shop, volunteering at an art gallery where I write you from. I need more time with this book in order to fully appreciate it, but I use these reading sessions as an opportunity to get
Legends of Jewish Kraków is a short book with a handful of stories inside– it is a delicious treat that brings me back to Poland. The titles are intriguing: The Legend of Esterka and King Casimir Of the two wicked butchers and the non-kosher meat Of Simon the Miser, later called Saint Of the Isaac
