Poet Reporter
A different kind of reporting, through the eyes of a poet.
The Underdogs
People understand when you say you’re “going to work” and they mostly leave you to it. But when your work is not so mainstreamed, like writing, you raise a lot of eyebrows. Still, a bad day writing is better than a good day doing anything else, so I’ll take it…
The Expense of Today
My local bank has put up signs this summer next to each teller as some kind of financial promotion. Basically, each has teller was supposed to write what she (they’re all women) is looking forward to in life. Each and every one of them, without fail, wrote “Retirement.” …
Mardi Gras: Changing the Bucket List
I’ve never really had a Bucket List. But when I decided to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, I called the trip a Bucket List adventure to anyone who raised eyebrows at me…
The Long Silence
It’s been a long ten days since my last blog post.I’ve written. Oh, I’ve certainly written. I spend my days reading and fiendishly writing…
Storytellers
I’m often asked what made me want to write a book. Time after time, I found that question strange but I couldn’t pinpoint why…