It was great fun to watch The Sound of Music at Pioneer High School in Woodland yesterday afternoon. I was impressed by the theater! They have a proper box office and an orchestra pit – the whole space is quite professional. The diversity in the cast of the Von Trapp children was uplifting & the
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Well, 95% of goal seems reasonable considering how the last few weeks have been a flurry of activity and very little reading. I calculated this number before I left for my trip and had accepted this would likely be my final page count even though that was two weeks ago. I still have my swap
I’m on the road this week, so I have nothing to post since my Shelley essay! It is time for midterms and lots of paper reading. But, I’ve got Margaret Atwood’s second book from the MaddAddam trilogy with me. I didn’t carry many books with me, but I think I’ll head over to the local library
This 30 page essay was a great way to kick off a late February Saturday morning. Neighbor Dave dropped off a Harvard Classic compilation of essays that reads on the spine “English Essays Sidney to Macauley”. Shelley’s essay grabbed my attention at the title. Feeling particularly vulnerable and unsafe as a person in America these
Had to shift gears — I’d say a downshift into neutral, cresting down a hill somewhere beautiful, safe and untouched. Nikki Giovanni provided such a space for me last night as my brain reconciles impending travel, away from my loves here in Woodland and moving towards some other loves that are buried again in snow
I’ve had this book — not the exact book but I’ve had a copy of Mindfield one way or another — for over half of my short life. I have never read it cover to cover, but the winter sessions have a way of bringing me into this poetic MINDFIELD. I only appreciated the title fully
Well, I’m back on the trilogy train though this time I’m hanging out with Margaret Atwood. I started reading this once before and it didn’t stick, but I am now committed to reading the trilogy which has made reading come more easily. The first 100 pages were a little slow for me— sure, apocalypse, I
I think this is the last of my Rae stack and either I am getting more in tune with her writing or this one just happens to make a lot more sense to me. For instance, this collection showed me her pattern in turning the ends of her poems. Many of her poems have a
Who can count pages when browsing poetry? Bumped into this Emily D poem in my adventures —
I think the word young is not necessary in the title, though I respect the purpose. The illustrations are wonderful in this book and brought the poems to life. I love books like this that have visuals with poetry – sometimes I can be pretty dense and totally miss the idea of a poem when
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