Month: August 2010
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Saturdays are the golden brown…
…of the pancakes I made the boys this morning, of Vincent’s shorn hair cascading to the floor as I gave him a trim, and the Indian pudding cooking in its water bath in the oven. The recipe I’m using is from an ancient edition of Fannie Farmer — who knew there were so many variations! […]
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Gentle Reminders of What Makes the Poetry Blogosphere Such a Great Place to Be:
I was lucky enough to take Jeannine Hall Gailey‘s online manuscript workshop this summer, and I can’t begin to tell you what a rich experience it was. There are plenty of resources, both online & in print, that give you advice on how to sequence a manuscript, but there’s nothing like having a close & […]
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Fusion: The Synergy of Images and Words (via Steve McCurry’s Blog)
It’s through the wonders of technology that the photographer Steve McCurry is able to share these wonderful images online, but the fact remains that what these images capture is the sight of people reading books. A beautiful melding of arts. Ever since Gutenberg invented the printing press which enabled everyone to read books, artists […]
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W.S. Merwin on Linebreaks
“I think of stopping at a given point as a rhythmical gesture, and also as a gesture of meaning — because where you stop, if the rhythm is working, is going to have an effect on the meaning, particularly if you’re not punctuating. But it’s important to stop in such a way that the stop […]
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Confession Tuesday: in this case, less is more.
Some folks hither and yon come clean about their week every Tuesday. In that spirit (let’s not speculate what the following says about my psyche): I confess that, as I was driving with the boys to visit my mum, we ran into traffic. Complete standstill. “What’s ‘traffic?’” Vincent asked. (Good question, m’dear!) I pointed to […]
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Chain Chain Chain
The poetry world seems both impossibly small and strangely crowded, it can be difficult to get noticed. A few things I must tell you: Rain Taxi has a rave review of the wonderful Andrea Cohen’s book, Long Division (Salmon Poetry). Warren Woessner, who wrote the review, has a fine appreciation for Cohen’s many many gifts as a […]
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Signs
As I’ve mentioned (probably many) times, while Vincent has always been hyper-verbal, when it comes to Aidan, now 19 months, not so much. He says “Hi,” “Bye-bye,” “Cat,” and, occasionally, “Daddy.” Yes, there’s a vital word missing here. He also has learned and uses consistently some sign language, especially the sign for “more.” He uses […]
Marie Gauthier 