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Glimpse of solace: Looking down

07/28/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: Looking down

Today I came out of the library to find there was a cloudburst; one gray cloud in a blue sky sprinkled down. Am I crazy to notice this pattern of the raindrops on pavement? I don't know, but I thought it was kind of cool. … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of solace: Kerry James Marshall at MCA

07/25/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: Kerry James Marshall at MCA

Tuesday I had the most pleasant afternoon, spending it on the fourth floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art, taking in the art of Kerry James Marshall. The “Mastry” exhibit goes to September 25. I watched the short video of Kerry James Marshall. He spoke about the Old Masters, how he studied them. He couldn't help but notice how the Black Experience was absent (invisible) in these works. He also said something to the effect that his artwork was not simply for … [Read more...]

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Guest post: Laura Rodley “Luna”

07/18/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Guest post: Laura Rodley “Luna”

Luna Sure sign of summer, the pale translucence of the luna’s green wings, the green of emerging blades of grass, or new rose leaves. How such delicacy battles her way through thunderstorms, clouds, the dust of a dry summer, how her path is unerring; she returns every time, not herself, but a replica, someone born from her eggs. In April, too early for lunas, one appeared anyway, flapping at the back porch window Let me in. Walking outside, I bathed in her … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of solace: Love makes the world

07/15/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: Love makes the world

  Vacation will be over next week, but with the crazy world events, I want to extend to you: Peace, love, and solace … [Read more...]

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Reading T. C. Boyle, Ellen Bass, Donna Hilbert, Kathleen Kirk . . .

07/01/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Reading T. C. Boyle, Ellen Bass, Donna Hilbert, Kathleen Kirk . . .

Good morning and happy July -- rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.  I've been working on something, but it isn't finished yet. So I'll tell you what I've been reading. "The Fugitive," which is T. C. Boyle's story in the latest issue (July 4) issue of The New Yorker, and there's also a discussion with him on the ethics of disease in the Page-Turner column on the web. Ellen Bass has a poem ("The World Has Need of You")  on June 25 The Writer's Almanac. Donna Hilbert has a poem … [Read more...]

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