Summer is almost officially here—I’m wishing you sunny days in all ways. This past weekend I went to a memorial service on Saturday and on Sunday, we celebrated Father’s Day. At the memorial service, we heard the Mary Oliver poem “In Blackwater Woods.” It is from her book American Primitive (1983, Back Bay Books) and it ends with these lines: “To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2018
SEO-Uh-oh & 3 new poetry books–Hilbert, Kerlikowske, Goepfert
Long time no write. I can’t exactly say what productive thing I did do in the past two to three weeks but it has not been writing in this space. What I know about SEO (search engine optimization) could fill a thimble. I noticed my posts would not show up in Google until weeks after I uploaded them. Turns out my site failed the mobile-friendly test. I found this out when I had to renewed my domain. Thanks to Ilsa Brink, my site now has a new WordPress theme that should … [Read more...]