Book a Week: I Was the Jukebox, by Sandra Beasley
OK, so it’s been about a month rather than a week since my last Book a Week post. What can I say, it’s summer. Sandra Beasley first came to my attention because of the awesome title of her blog, Chicks...
View ArticleTime To Get Organized
I’ve dedicated this semester to working on my thesis, which I intend to be a collection of poems and short stories about the experience of being adopted. I don’t have any classes to attend this fall....
View ArticlePoetry in Suburbia
Yesterday I had the opportunity to hear Georgia Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham speak and read at a local poetry festival held at a library near my house. I also had the opportunity to read one of my own...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On – March, 2013
These first three months of 2013 have just whizzed by for me. Priority number one has been finishing my Capstone thesis, which I’m thrilled to say has been signed off on by both of my advisors. Only...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On – April/May 2013
My big news is that I have completed every page, class, defense, and reading required to earn my Master of Arts on May 15. It’s been three years of hard work while trying to maintain balance at home,...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On – July 2013
I’ve been on a summer hiatus of sorts since my graduation and the end of my children’s school year. I’ve done the family vacation thing and the hanging-at-the-pool-with-the-kids thing and not a whole...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On–February 2014
Things here have been exciting and hectic! Two weeks ago, an anthology I co-edited was published on Amazon in e-book format. Published by CQT Media and Publishing/Land of Gazillion Adoptees, Lost...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On–May 2014
I’ve been away from the blog for a while, busy navigating an enormous life change that includes relocating from Atlanta to the Tampa Bay area. Things aren’t yet settled, but life marches on despite my...
View ArticleWhat’s Going On–September 2014
How did it get to be September? Moving to a new state sucks so much energy out of you, you lose track of the months. I’m happy to say that my family and I are finally beginning to feel settled …...
View ArticleI’m a Finalist — Happy Poetry News!
I’m excited to share that a poem of mine made the finalist list for day 25 of the 2014 April PAD (poem a day) Challenge on Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog for Writer’s Digest. Poems for day 25...
View ArticleReflection (a poem)
In response to today’s National Adoption Month prompt from Lost Daughters, I’d like to share a poem I wrote years ago after my first child was born. This poem was originally published at Poets on...
View ArticleBook a Week: I Was the Jukebox, by Sandra Beasley
OK, so it’s been about a month rather than a week since my last Book a Week post. What can I say, it’s summer. Sandra Beasley first came to my attention because of the awesome title… More
View ArticleChanneling My Twitter Obsession Into Poetry
Not sure if I’ve mentioned it here before, but I love Twitter. Some might say I’m a little obsessed with it. One drawback of this is that I frequently find myself sucked into drama on… More
View ArticlePoetry Reading at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
I'll be reading, along with my friends Christopher Martin and Kathleen Brewin Lewis, at the upcoming open mic poetry night at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center this coming Wednesday, August 8. If you're in...
View ArticleBook a Week: I Was the Jukebox, by Sandra Beasley
OK, so it's been about a month rather than a week since my last Book a Week post. What can I say, it's summer. Sandra Beasley first came to my attention because of the awesome title of her blog, Chicks...
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