Basically My Whole Weekend

Last Thursday:
1. I remembered that Charles Simic, Poet Laureate of the United States, would be reading at the Harold Washington Library on April 26.
2. I remembered that I had planned on attending this reading, despite the fact that the work of Charles Simic makes me feel as though my head is filling up with potting [...]

Fractal Geometry, or “Humor Me”

My superfriend Fischer got me a subscription to Seed Magazine [“Science is Culture”—did you know that?] this past Christmas.  I truly enjoy Seed’s glossy pages, and science, and articles about the ocean floor, but its sometimes-hipness does–at times–make me feel vaguely squicky. This is a publication which more or less dedicates an entire page to photographs of its supercool-editor at swishy foreign conferences, talking to [...]

Springing-ing

April’s a real kick in the face, isn’t she? [To quote my mother on the subject of Navy Seals last week: “They ain’t no shrinkin’ violets.”] Two weekends ago I was heart-deep in green grass at the park; this Saturday found me crying out, “Down, you hellhound!” at the rain-filled wind, slapping at my face [...]

Mary Oliver said she was not good with titles, and neither am I

Housekeeping items first: “Wheat-Not-Oats-Dear-Posting-Times”. There shall always be blogging anew on Tuesdays, so check back then for certain; anything else is an extra, like unexpected cupcakes. “Who put these cupcakes here?” you might say, and try one, and–with luck–find it delicious. With luck you will not say: “This cupcake tastes like tree bark.”
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Last week, [...]

Well! And here we all are!

I’ve struggled a bit, trying and a-trying to decide just how I’m supposed to handle this inaugural entry. All of these WordPress bells and whistles—and they are lovely bells and whistles, with lots of dash and go!—obscure the fact that this is just a continuation of what I’ve been doing elsewhere for the past year-and-a-half. [...]