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Archives for August 2014

Be good to yourself

08/15/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Be good to yourself

It’s mid-August and the living ain’t easy.  Lots of the news has shaken us up lately. Sometimes it makes it difficult to focus on the good stuff in the world. I’m going take a little break from posting for a week or two, a staycation.  So I’ll see you in September, so to speak, but before I go, I wanted to share with you a lovely poem I’ve long admired by Fran Podulka (Guest Post).  Next time you go to a wedding, you'll think of this poem when you see the father of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Ellen Wade Beals, J. D. Salinger, Poetry, Robin Williams, Seymour Glass, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Glimpse of Solace: Yellow and light

08/15/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of Solace: Yellow and light

Lemon Sisters © Ellen Wade Beals, 2014 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Ellen Wade Beals, Flowers, Glimpse of Solace, lace, Photography, Poetry, shadow, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words, yellow

Guest Post: Fran Podulka “The Fitting”

08/15/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

The Fitting   You turn, turn, turn as the seamstress pins lace onto the perfect hem of your wedding dress. You turn on command. Reflected over and over in the mirrored room you surround us. "Fits like a glove," the seamstress says, then crowns you with flowers silk and braided pearls, a froth of veil softens your wild, loose hair.   Somewhere in the shop your father waits. Since you asked him to come that he should see you this way before the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Chicago Tribune, Ellen Wade Beals, father of the bride, Fran Podulka, Poetry, Rhino, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Fitting, wedding, Weighed Words, Willow Revew

Happenstance

08/07/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happenstance

Salutations! Hope August is going well for you. We’re already going into the second week of the month so if you have some summer activity on your to-do list, you better get to it.  Before you know it, we’ll be raking leaves and setting our clocks back. As per usual, I don’t really have a list of things I’d like get accomplished – I am a meanderer that way. Last weekend I was happy to go, spur of the moment, to a poetry reading at Woman Made Gallery and then to an art fair … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alfred Lichtenstein, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, happenstance, Kevin Nance, Photography, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, summer, summer poem, war, war poem, Weighed Words, World War I

Glimpse of Solace: Kevin Nance

08/07/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of Solace: Kevin Nance

    There's one more week to see Kevin Nance's photographs of St. James Cathedral at the cathedral (at Kyle's Gallery Place in St James Commons, 65 E. Huron, Chicago).  The exhibit is aptly titled: "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place." You can also look at his work at the Andersonville Galleria, 5247 N. Clark, Chicago. Kevin Nance is a Chicago-based photographer, photojournalist, and freelance writer. His work appears in the Chicago Tribune, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Ellen Wade Beals, Kevin Nance, Photography, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, St. James Cathedral, Weighed Words

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