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What there is to worship
For all of you, with my deepest gratitude, on this Thanksgiving day. Flotsam The storm drives all ashore—thrown stick with dogteeth,twig of twisted pine, thumbnail jellyfish with dark sails fallen, fouled ballast, soapyolivine foam. Everyone here has the same story. We are blown here out of sight of ourselves, staggering and dismayed. Yet we are…
Thank you, Cynthia Albers!
Sometimes, magically, one of those perfect readers you imagine when you write something is actually out there in the audience when you read. It happened last February at Poetry Flash at Moe’s Books in Berkeley. Cynthia Albers was in the audience that night, and later wrote a wonderful blog post about my work. But I…
Rivendell Residency
I leave for a residency at beautiful Rivendell Writers Colony (http://rivendellwriterscolony.org/) next week. Fall in the Smokies! After years in the lovely but seasonless tropics, to think of October in the woods! I wanted a residency in the mountains. My father’s people came from the Blue Ridge, and we grew up camping in the Sierras…
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Beginning Writing Class (Hilo)
BEGINNING WRITING WITH RUTH THOMPSONSPRING 2015 This class is for people who are interested in starting to write, and also for people who already write but would like to refocus their practice. Each meeting will focus on a different aspect of writing practice. We’ll talk about “morning pages” and keeping a notebook, experiment with writing…