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field notes may 2007 skip to main skip to sidebar thursday may 31 2007 the best words in the best order uh oh i ve been tagged arlene has tagged me to list 10 quotes that sum up my philosophy of poetry and the writing of it so here goes you must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you ray bradbury zen in the art of writing i look for places made of poetry for me places alive with history wildlife and mystery then i move in if i can susan goldsmith wooldridge poemcrazy writing is an art a craft a making to make something well is to give yourself to it to seek wholeness to follow spirit to learn to make something well can take your whole life it s worth it ursula k leguin steering the craft what a good thing adam had when he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before mark twain if you keep your fingers flying fast enough your inner critic won t have a chance to cluck its tongue gayle brandeis fruitflesh if you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten either write things worthy reading or do things worth the writing benjamin franklin i want it to confirm your worst fears about me to show you how little i care about you or anything except what i want kim addonizio what do women want writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself getting some work done then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly anne lamott bird by bird my favorite poem is the one that starts thirty days hath september because it actually tells you something groucho marx in poetry the only rules worth thinking about are the standards of perfection you set for yourself ted kooser the poetry home repair manual samuel taylor coleridge i m tagging theresa bev and cheryl 3 comments tuesday may 29 2007 silver falls yesterday we went to silver falls a state park with over 25 miles of hiking trails set in a temperate rain forest of douglas fir hemlock and cedar ferns mosses and wildflowers there are ten waterfalls in the park including south falls the largest it was not surprisingly extremely busy crammed with families intent upon enjoying memorial day in this gorgeous green setting we had a picnic lunch and tried to keep warm when the wind blew the clouds over the sun and then we went hiking emma and kate were thrilled with their new hydration packs and got a huge kick out of sipping as they walked we didn t go far just down to south falls where we could stand behind the pouring water and enjoy the cool mist and down along the river a short way through the trees and ferns the girls gathered moss which they decided was hair from mr grinch and had a generally fabulous time hopefully we can go back when it s not so crowded and hike a few of the less traveled trails but for now our summer of hiking and outdoors activities is off to a great start 3 comments thursday may 24 2007 poet lore it s here the spring summer 2007 issue of poet lore which includes my poem the china has not been washed as well as wonderful work by theresa boyar the house at coast meridian 30 years later and nathan mcclain no i don t love you if you get a chance i hope you ll check it out 5 comments tuesday may 22 2007 pacific city so here s the rest of the story about saturday last year i ended up at the beach for hours and hours with the girls it got ugly fast when kate decided she was terrified of the waves and the dozens of tiny dead crabs littering the beach it was hot we had no idea when dennis would get there and we were all pretty cranky by the time he did this year my parents came over from idaho for the weekend we planned to leave at a leisurely pace sometime after emma s swimming lesson saturday morning it was a little too leisurely we got to pacific city a scant 10 minutes before dennis the place was nuts with cyclists and their friends picking them up so we had to park at the far side of town and take a shuttle bus to the finish line as we approached it we were driving parallel to all the cyclists coming in and who should we happen to see but dennis we waved and held up our signs through the bus window then he pulled over and waited till we got off and were ready to snap some photos of the finish we had planned to walk on the beach before dennis arrived but obviously we need to work on our timing we came back on sunday and had a blast anyway kate was coaxed out onto the sand by grandaddy and by the allure of the perfect sand dollar emma found one almost immediately before long she was collecting shells and running circles around all of us she even reached the point where she picked up a crab shell and held onto it like it was treasure when we suggested it was time to leave and head home her response was no never ever we ll be going back again soon 3 comments monday may 21 2007 reached the beach he did it dennis made the 100 mile ride in 8 hours just under 7 hours of actual riding time which is 2 hours less than last year thanks to everyone who sent support and good wishes 2 comments monday may 14 2007 let s ride a couple of weeks ago i told you about reach the beach and how my husband is getting ready to ride his bicycle 100 miles from portland to the pacific ocean to raise money for the american lung association of oregon well it happens this coming saturday may 19 and it s not too late for you to join the fun dennis is just 155 short of his 500 goal for this year and that s where you come in any reader of this blog who makes a donation to help dennis support this worthy cause by midnight on friday may 18 will be entered in a drawing to receive a thank you gift from me what can you win if you re a writer i ll send you a current issue of any lit mag carried at powell s and they have quite a few if you re a knitter i ll send you something yummy based upon your preferences to knit with or if you like to live dangerously i ll send you a small handknit surprise oh and if you ve already donated you still qualify for the drawing there will likely be more than one winner and if the number of folks involved isn t too huge there may be something for everyone keep your fingers crossed for good weather smooth riding and easy breathing 3 comments saturday may 05 2007 the hiss 30 30 and a little lichen i m happy to announce that my poems one red door and from the other side of the future were both winners in the hiss quarterly ekphrastic poem contest go check out the new issue and read all the great stories and poems last week i finished my 10th round of 30 poems in 30 days yep that s a whopping 300 poems here are the titles from the latest batch 1 age and wisdom originally titled elderly 2 ma and pa make their own luck after the hard winter of 1880 3 when the water recedes 4 mother hubbard 5 one red door 6 hickory dickory 7 last stop on the underground railroad 8 about the rain 9 solace 10 cloudburst 11 the beast with no dreams 12 centenerian 13 from the other side of the future 14 i wanted to be a pickle 15 love is a found object 16 let the rain come 17 ramah new mexico june 1990 18 picnic blanket spread haiku 19 dr freud has a few choice words for someone in charge 20 the way 21 sonnenizio on a line from jeffers 22 challenger 23 eclipse 24 the angelita of san xavier del bac 25 in madame cheung s crystal ball 26 give me a word 27 we see another summer coming 28 walnut canyon 29 for emma on her seventh birthday 30 chopin and debussy on the way to julliard and last but not least i m on the shortlist for the lichen tracking a serial poet competition the winner and runners up will be published in the forthcoming issue wish me luck 12 comments wednesday may 02 2007 walk like an egyptian egyptian princess dress up from new knits on the block i knit this as a surprise for emma s birthday she s been asking for it for months and she loves it overall it was a fun fast and fairly easy knit though the wig was pretty labor intensive definitely well worth it and now kate wants one too 9 comments newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom field 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