This weekend we had our first snowfall and it sure did paint a pretty picture. I took these photos out my window (you may notice the screens); it's the West Fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River. Though there's a fence, the property, without any other houses in view, looks like it is out in the country. That's because this summer and fall, the homes across the way were torn down. This side of the creek gets erosion (we need bank stabilization) and that side got the … [Read more...]
mid-July news: Kirk, Somlo
Hey there—hope you're having some summer fun. For summer reading you might want to check out two recent publications by Kathleen Kirk. She has a poem “We, the Impressionable” in One, which is a project by by Jacara Press, "a community active press." Also she has “Laundering Instructions” in Right Hand Pointing, a digital publication featuring "Short, poetry, short fiction and short art" for the past ten years. Patty Somlo has a story “The Moment I Parted the … [Read more...]