Today on the F train, on my way to school to print submissions for free, I was daydreaming about my future. Really giving myself the ‘ol 1-2-3 positivity pep-talk. And at my moment of complete confidence, when I suspected I might even be levitating off the seat a little, when I had convinced myself that [...]
Archive for February, 2008
No, You Can’t Have a Poetry
Posted in F Train, Humor, Life, Poetry on February 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Oh My Darling
Posted in Clementine, Humor, Literary Magazines, Photography, Poetry, Submit on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dear readers and writers: the time has come to unveil my juicy little side project.
Putting the “Pin” Back in Happiness
Posted in "Reasons To Survive November", Against Happiness, All Things Considered, Dark To Mortal Eyes, Eric Wilson, Humor, Jesus Camp, John Keats, Life, Negative Capability, Tony Hoagland on February 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday on NPR, novelist Eric Wilson talked about his book Against Happiness, an argument for melancholia — what he calls “mild to moderate sadness” — as an acceptable and fulfilling mode of moving (or maybe not) through the world.
Intrigued, I immediately Googled him hoping that in his author photo he would be curled up against [...]
Bon Anna-versaire!
Posted in Bon Anniversaire, Cousin Love, Humor, King Henry IV, Life on February 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Happy birthday to my fabulous cousin Anna, who raved about blogging and knitting long before it was cool. My dad has two bald brothers. Each brother — including my dad, also bald — welcomed a daughter in the span of a year. Anna, Andrea, and me, Alicia, middle-named child who still suffers through [...]
Lit-erature
Posted in Ear Inn, Guinness Book of World Records, Humor, Life, Lightning, Poetry, Roy Sullivan, Shenandoah on February 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My friend and fellow writer, Nicole, organized a reading this weekend at The Ear Inn. You can see pictures (and pitchers!) here.
I read a new piece I wrote about Roy Sullivan, the Shenandoah National Park ranger who holds the Guinness Book World Record for surviving the most number of lightning strikes: seven. When Roy finally [...]