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Friends in the cards

04/21/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

I feel obligated to post since I haven't done so in a week. I don't have too much to report. Not a lot of writing news. Not a lot of Solace in So Many Words news. The week has escaped me and I haven't gotten a lot accomplished. What has me excited is a poker game (nickel, dime, quarter) today with my grade-school friends. Two of the players (they are twins), I have known for almost all my life since our older sisters played together and would bring us along. We went to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, Elbert Hubbard, Ellen Wade Beals, Friendship, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Poker, Poker Buddies, publication, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

The Book Stall was swell

04/12/2012 By Ellen Beals 6 Comments

Many thanks to The Book Stall for hosting our celebration of Poetry Month---to Roberta Rubin for inviting us to read and especially to Amy and Gordon who worked late to accommodate us.  The Book Stall has been named Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year and it is obvious why. The Book Stall is supportive of readers and writers alike. We had a pretty large crowd and they were a very attentive audience. We changed up our usual reading event in that we also featured … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Ann McNeal, Anthology, appreciation, Carol Kanter, Constance Vogel Adamkiewicz, Contributors, D. J. Lachance, Donna Hilbert, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Ellen Wade Beals, J. Scott Smith, Joan Corwin, Kathleene Donahoo, Laurence Snydal, Pamela Miller, Patti Wojcik Wahlberg, Poetry, Poetry Month, PW's Bookstore of the Year, Roberta Rubin, S. Minanel, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Susan O'Donnell Mahan, The Book Stall, Weighed Words

John Donne

04/10/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

  Salute the last, and everlasting day,   John Donne from “Ascension,” which appears in John Donne's Poetry, published by W. W. Norton & Company   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Slice of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Ascension, Ellen Wade Beals, John Donne, John Donne's Poetry, Poetry, Slice of Solace, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, W. W. Norton Company, Weighed Words

Boughed

04/10/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Boughed, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Spring, Weighed Words

Address correction–oops!

04/10/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

It has come to my attention that I gave out the incorrect address for our reading -- The Book Stall's address is 811 Elm Street.  Here is the corrected announcment: Celebrate Poetry Month with Solace! April 10, 2012, Tuesday at 7:30 The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, 811 Elm Street, Winnetka 847-446-8880 There are more than 50 poems in Solace in So Many Words by poets like Antler, Philip Levine, Ellen Bass . . .so,  please join editor Ellen Wade Beals and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Carol Kanter, Contributors, D. J. Lachance, Ellen Wade Beals, J. Scott Smith, Joan Corwin, Kathleene Donahoo, Pamela Miller, Poetry, Poetry Month, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Book Stall, The Book Stall at Chestnut Court, Weighed Words

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