Hello, reader. How are you doing? Are you a reader? I was a hardcore reader as a child and teenager. When I became an adult, I developed problems concentrating and more physical pain. Reading is hard for me these days. Zines are lightweight and low commitment. I want to tell you alternative ways to read… Read More »
Hello, reader–how are you doing? You know how you read some books when you were young that shook your world and changed you forever? For me The Wanderground by Sally Miller Gearhart was one of those books. I read this speculative fiction when I was a teenager–like most of what I read at the time,… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Thought you might enjoy learning about Laura-Marie lately. Let me tell you what I’m up to. home Ming and I are safely housed. We live in a new housing co-op since late January that’s much larger than our previous. We have our own private space that looks like a… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? This is my gratitude for late April. Please join me in celebrating the goodness that fills my life. eyes I’m so glad my eyes got better. I had an illness which started as a cold, then a week of gastrointestinal distress, then my eyes got gunky / gummy and hurting… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Isn’t this little free pantry beautiful in the gleaming sunrise light? Free is my favorite flavor. Little free libraries are cool, and I’ve known about them for a while. They feed the mind. But little free pantries will feed the tummy. How lovely. This one had inside some cans of… Read More »
Idiot Wind is a new book by my poetry friend Michael Hannon. It was published last year by Hoopsnake Press with art by Ke Francis. I’d read and loved the manuscript, so I was happy to receive the book in the mail a few days ago, see the art, and revisit the poems in book… Read More »
My friend Stacy Russo published another book! It’s called Wild Librarian Bakery and Bookstore. She publishes more books than anyone I know, and I always get excited. It’s fun to order her books from the local independent bookstore, because picking them up feels like a celebration. This one, Wild Librarian Bakery and Bookstore, is about… Read More »
I love books. Ideas, words, and language are my favorite. I also love forming a relationship with a writer–a virtual relationship, usually, when I don’t know them personally. I connect with the writer through what they’ve created. We form something imaginary yet somehow real? But I can get overwhelmed by books, and then intimidated by… Read More »
Here are ten things I suck at, in case you were wondering. drawing the right number of breasts on goddesses Seems the more the better, really. Too much is not enough! not answering rhetorical questions I think probably every question is a real question, like jokes are often real commentary. I answer it then realize… Read More »
I think Silvia Federici has a new old book Revolution at Point Zero. Guest Blogger here. Silvia’s book arrived today from PM Press in a brown paper wrapper. Our hero regular blogger, is an acolyte of Silvia and of Noam Chomsky. Boyfriend Noam is more well known. Boyfriend Noam is pretty old. If boyfriend Noam… Read More »