A dear friend, Bob Church, passed away on April 29, 2009.
Bob has touched the lives of many people in the blogging world, including me. He is an incredible writer and an amazing man who will be sorely missed. My heart is heavy.
Shirley Whiting Allard of Word Catalyst Magazine says it much better than I can. [...]
Archive for April, 2009
A Dear Friend
Posted in Bob Church, poetry, tagged Awesome writer, Bob Church, Dear Friend, We Miss You, Word Catalyst Magazine on April 30, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Shameless Self Promotion
Posted in Check It Out, Shoots and Vines, The Dead Mule, poetry, tagged Backpack Press, Big Hammer, Crystal Folz, Dave Roskos, I Can't Be Your Virgin and Your Mother, Literary Mary, Plain Spoke, poetry, Shoots and Vines, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, The Telling Time, Uncovering Crystal on April 25, 2009 | 43 Comments »
I’m getting ready to tell this elsewhere, but I thought I’d crawl out of the mud and share it here first. You all have been such a great encouragement to me, and I appreciate it very much.
WARNING! ****Shameless Self Promotion****
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-I’m excited to have a chapbook coming out with Backpack Press. I’m not sure of the [...]
Me Me Meme
Posted in Check It Out, tagged Annie King Writes, balanced on the edge, Joaquin Carvel, Lyrics & Maladies, meme, my boring self, Poetikat's Invisible Keepsakes, questions on April 9, 2009 | 26 Comments »
Poetikat and Annie King have beautiful sites. They are also just downright nice people to know. I visit their blogs regularly. Please click on their names and check them out.
They have both asked me to answer a few questions. Since the questions were similar, I combined them.
WARNING: Y’all are going to be let down!
I’m about [...]
She Has Wings
Posted in Artist Spotlight, Amber Yoder, poetry, tagged Amber A. Yoder, awesome daughter, filmmaker, mother daughter, poetry on April 6, 2009 | 29 Comments »
Dear Amber. As you fly off to begin an exciting new venture, my heart flies with you. The title of this poem is true. You were brought into the world with one dollar and twenty five cents. I celebrate that now.
Yes, your birth changed my life, but the changes were in ways that are [...]
