Not All Are Weeping is in my hands We’re Having a Zoom Launch Party, and You’re Invited On Sunday, June 4, from 2-3ish PM (EDT), I will celebrate the publication of my first chapbook, Not All Are Weeping, with a virtual book launch party. I will talk a little about my poetry journey and readContinue reading “It’s Time”
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It’s Time
Not All Are Weeping is in my hands We’re Having a Zoom Launch Party, and You’re Invited On Sunday, June 4, from 2-3ish PM (EDT), I will celebrate the publication of my first chapbook, Not All Are Weeping, with a virtual book launch party. I will talk a little about my poetry journey and readContinue reading “It’s Time”
The Raven’s Perch published four of my poems yesterday
The Raven’s Perch is a nicely designed online journal that has won some awards. It is unusual in that it publishes your work without asking for permission, informing you at submission that it will do so if your work is accepted. Anyway, I was pleased to see the note in my inbox. There has beenContinue reading “The Raven’s Perch published four of my poems yesterday”
Spring is Here, and My Book is Coming
If you want to purchase copies of my first chapbook, “Not All Are Weeping,” at the pre-publication price of $7.50 plus shipping, it’s time to do that soon. The publication is scheduled for April, but I’m unsure of the date or when the publisher may withdraw the sale price. If you have already pre-ordered aContinue reading “Spring is Here, and My Book is Coming”
Our Mother Ate Two Fried Eggs for Breakfast Every Day
A poem from “Not All Are Weeping” In April, my first chapbook will be published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company. This is one of the poems in the book. I love to remember the stories about my mother, and writing poetry is one of the ways I can do it. Mildred Ethel Felsberg wasContinue reading “Our Mother Ate Two Fried Eggs for Breakfast Every Day”
“Bright Fruit” Published This Week
In a little online journal called The Ravens Perch I wrote this poem during the pandemic, after weeks of not going into grocery stores, isolating myself within the confines of my house. It is about the almost too-muchness of the experience of grocery shopping after a few months. The colors and smells, the noise and bustleContinue reading ““Bright Fruit” Published This Week”
A Grandmother’s Cabbage Soup Starts with Vegetable Scraps
Apparently, the internet wants more content from grandmothers One of my granddaughters remarked she had been reading recently that the internet needs more content from grandmothers. She heard this comment regarding Tiktok but felt it generally applied to the internet. She said that people in her generation would benefit from mature, grounded, wholesome grandmother —Continue reading “A Grandmother’s Cabbage Soup Starts with Vegetable Scraps”
The Second Crows Feet podcast airs today
If you are feeling glum about aging, you might want to listen to today’s podcast episode. Jan M Flynn interviews author Priscilla Long about her book Dancing with the Muse in Old Age, and her thoughts about aging well. I liked so many parts of the interview. First of all, the author was trying toContinue reading “The Second Crows Feet podcast airs today”
Season 2 Podcasts Begin Today
The first episode is a wonderful one, a conversation between Crow’s Feet writers Warren Turner and Melinda Blau about the joys of friendship with people of all ages. I hope you will listen. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-old-ladies-how-women-in-their-90s-100s-inspire-me/id1629856339?i=1000593628032
I hope you will join me in celebrating.
After years of work, a few acceptances, and lots of rejections, I am pleased to announce the publication of my first poetry chapbook: Not All Are Weeping. My small book of poems will be published by Main Street Rag sometime in the spring or summer of next year.