It’s spring! In Alaska! Everything wet and grey and mushy, but still, so much muted beauty. Plus a moose or two, you know, just to keep things interesting. Here’s a few scenes from our afternoon walk along the Coastal Trail with the dog we co-parent, Seriously. Enjoy.
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, Bantam Books, 182 pages I don’t know why I had the sudden urge to reread Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Maybe it was the weather, which has been cloudy and gloomy, or maybe it was the time of year, no longer winter but not quite spring. Whatever the case, it was… Read More Book Review: The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
I couldn’t resist. This is Seriously, the dog we’re co-parenting with another family. She’s part Doberman, part Labrador, totally high-energy and a complete love bomb. A few days ago she rolled in stinky dead stuff. Yesterday she slobbered all over me as we rode in the car. Did I mention that we love her terribly?… Read More Seriously Monday, and Storyknife Alaska Writing Retreat
March is Women’s History Month. And Alaska playwright and poet Arlitia Jones is celebrating in a unique way. Jones, who has penned such productions as Tornado, Come to Me, Leopards and Rush at Everlasting, is running blog posts highlighting lesser-known-yet-highly-significant women for each day of the month. It’s a fascinating project about fascinating and memorable woman,… Read More Playwright Arlitia Jones and Women’s History Month
Yesterday we took a drive out to Palmer to visit with my partner’s sister for her birthday. It was late afternoon, the sky a lazy blue, and the mountains looked so lovely that I couldn’t stop snapping photos as if I were a silly-headed tourist. While I don’t love winter, the cold or snow, I… Read More Mountains, and two more rejections
Good news and bad news–what shall I begin? Okay, the bad news: The Great American Poetry Show doesn’t want the poems I submitted for their anthology, though they did request that I send more work. And (this is a big plus) their rejection letter was friendly. Heck, they even sent me a free issue of… Read More Semi-finalist placing, and another rejection
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Blaise Lucey Why didn’t you think of it? A novel on Instragram? For that matter, why didn’t I think of it! Author Blaise Lucey thought of it, though, and his experiment in fiction/marketing, Luxury Coops, is live now on Instagram. You can follow along here. I’ve been a fan…
Leaving is hard, isn’t it? I stayed in the Philly suburbs for seven weeks, soaking up the sister love. It was a good time, a nice time, a funny and endearing and sweet time. Because really, what is more special than a sister? My sister doesn’t like to be on social media (and neither does… Read More Bye, bye, Philly (or, gushing about sister love)
How to Be Manly, Maureen O’Leary Wanket, Giant Squid Books, 356 pages I just finished Maureen O’Leary Wanket‘s How to be Manly and I can’t shut up about how warm and funny it is, how wonderful and real. I’m hoping to snag O’Leary for a bloggy interview in the upcoming weeks. I cannot wait to pick… Read More Review: “How to be Manly” by Maureen O’Leary Wanket
It’s been quite a week, no? I was sick with the flu, I practically died of heat-stroke during my last run (it was 82 here at my sister’s here in Philly yesterday) and I realized that the new poem I had been working on and thought was oh-so-wonderfully-perfect isn’t perfect at all. In fact, it… Read More New work up at damfino press
Cinthia Ritchie 