Category Archives: Travel

Upcoming trips to conferences, workshops, etc.

Back from Australia, plus two new publications

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

I just got back night before last from a month’s visit in Australia I stayed with friends in Victoria (a small town near Melbourne) and then went on vacation with them in both Victoria and New South Wales, visiting Sydney, … Continue reading →

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My poem “Elephant Heaven” to be read on WYSO (Ohio); poem in current *Paterson Literary Review*

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

I am once again woefully overdue in posting any news. For instance, I went to Haiku Canada in Toronto and had a wonderful time. I even took photos. I’ll have to save that post for another time. Meanwhile, some current … Continue reading →

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Another Poem on “Your Daily Poem” site

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

I was away in Seattle, attending the 2011 Haiku North America conference (will post about that wonderful even soon), when this poem appeared August 5th on Your Daily Poem. I wrote it while at VCCA last January. I was missing … Continue reading →

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Back From Two Weeks at VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts)

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

This was the first time I’d ever been at an artists’ colony, and it was absolutely wonderful! I arrived on January 10th, after a 6 1/2 hour train ride down to Lynchburg from Philadelphia—which I’d gotten to by taking a … Continue reading →

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Heading for VCCA on Monday!

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Well, it’s almost time for me to go to VCCA, and I’m very excited! Here’s my address and contact info  for while I’m there (1/10-1/25).  I will have my own postal maibox there, and will also have my netbook & … Continue reading →

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“Recycling Starlight” just published!

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

I’m happy to announce that my cycle of poems written during the eighteen months after Bill’s death, Recycling Starlight, is now in print from Ce Rosenow’s Mountains and Rivers Press. It has been published in a limited edition chapbook, beautifully … Continue reading →

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2010 Dodge Foundation Poetry Festival Reading Time

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

This evening the Dodge Foundation sent out the schedule of reading times for Festival Poets.  I will be reading on Saturday, October 9th—sharing the hour between 12:20-1:20 p.m. with the poets Marjorie Barnes and Jerry Williams. The place is yet … Continue reading →

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Good news from VCCA (Virginia Center for the Creative Arts)

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

I’ve just been accepted for a residency at VCCA! Last year when I applied, I was wait-listed.  Then, when Sheila Pleasants at VCCA called to invite me to come during either of two sudden cancellation times, I couldn’t accept because … Continue reading →

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Feature on the July 9th Geraldine R. Dodge “Poetry Fridays” blog

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

As I recently announced, I’ve been invited to read as a “Festival Poet” at the upcoming biennial 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, to be held October 7th -10th at the Performing Arts Center (PAC), and environs, in Newark, NJ. … Continue reading →

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My Birthday and A Lovely Surprise

Posted on April 21, 2010 by

April 9th was my birthday. I went out to lunch with my daughter and two grandchildren, then visited with them a bit. That evening I went out for dinner and dancing with the local HOPE group— a grief support group … Continue reading →

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