Author: Teri Rife
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
Do you know of Kate DiCamillo? I didn’t until I heard Ann Patchett recommend this, her latest book, on the Today show. Jenna Hager Bush practically jumped into her arms with excitement. I have to read it NOW! Yes, said Ann, you must read it NOW! DiCamillo writes children’s books, but I have to tell
I can’t find JNaz’s original post about Blackstock. If I could, I’d post this there. I have in my hands from the library this collection of GLB’s drawings of collections of all sorts of animate and inanimate objects. It’s delightful to look at! And inside the front and back covers are his beautifully handwritten recipes
Michael Lewis’s name on the cover of this book is set in bigger type than the title of the book because he has a following. I, too, have read several of his books: The Big Short, Moneyball, Liar’s Poker. This one is newly published because it is “A Pandemic Story.” It’s not about the people
This review of an exhibition of work by the artist Thomas Nozkowski gave me such pleasure. What beautiful reproductions, too!
If your library has a copy of this book, published in 2018, borrow it and if nothing more, read the terrific foreword written by Jennifer and Peter Buffett. If you have more time, plunge into the book. The introduction is titled “What if Money Could Heal Us.” I read the first sentences and thought, as
Just found out there’s an exhibit of 5 pieces of her work at the Nasher Sculpture Center. I’ve followed her work at local art galleries and museums since the 90’s. Just love it–love the thinking behind it, the process, and the result. Such a coincidence, this exhibition, since I was just commenting in our blog
I have followed the action at two eagles’ nests in 2020 and 2021, thanks to a post Barbara made in this blog at hatch time 2020. The eagle parents are enjoying a well-deserved vacation at the moment & the cameras are down while annual maintenance work is done, but they’ll be back up in a
Winter Reading 2023 