Time is flying by and I am late (a too-predictable refrain these winter mornings). I’d been on a roll with getting up and exercising so far this week, but a late night spelled a late rising this morning. So I’ll see the treadmill tomorrow, but not today. Maybe I’ll hit the bike tonight … not [...]
I begin with this poem by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. She read it in All Things Considered yesterday, and you can give it a listen here!
U Being U
U Being U
Mr. President-Elect
Makes me wanna get MY stuff
correct
I feel like starting with something RADICAL
Like,
Love my Neighbor
Like share what I’ve got
Like think for myself
Like ask [...]
Continue reading about The Day that We Long Awaited Has Arrived!
Good January Morning! It is bitter, bitter cold here as dawn etches the horizon’s edge with wan light. Here’s a sunset photo shared by HollyCornblog yesterday … the sunset light hitting the hulking wreck off the Cape May, NJ shoreline. (It makes me think of the cold, dark havoc and destruction wrought by the Bush [...]
There’s a very interesting article posted on Christmas Eve in the NY Times about Elizabeth Alexander — the poet who’ll be reading at Obama’s Inauguration.
But for now, here is Elizabeth Alexander reading Ars Poetica #92:
… and here is a reading by aichlee of the venus hottentot by Ms. Alexander. The reading by aichlee reminds me [...]
Continue reading about Elizabeth Alexander’s Poetry – on a Sleety Saturday
First off — thanks to Alice and Stephen for the compelling discussion of Obama’s choice of Rick Warren for his inauguration. Time will tell, I suppose, whether Obama is backing away from promises or working toward an inclusiveness that is, at the moment, feeling disheartening and frightening. After the hope-to-disappointment trajectory of the Clinton years, [...]
Continue reading about Obama, US Soccer Awards … Snowy Saturday Stuff
