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Glimpse of solace: Tooting one’s horn

04/10/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Don't forget Laura Rodley has two new books of poetry. If you are in Turner Falls, MA, Laura is having a double-duty reading there on April 15 at the Gill Montague Senior Center at 1:oo pm. Also, toot-toot, if you're from around here, I'll be reading tonight at seven at Evanston Art Center with Jorge Sanchez as part of the SalonSeries.  I am excited because I have not read in a while -- toot-toot, I'll be like the Little Engine That Could.  Thanks again to Beth … [Read more...]

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After The Blizzard — Lesléa Newman (photos by Kathy Buckland)

03/09/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Greetings! A couple of weeks ago I received an email from esteemed writer Lesléa Newman with some wonderful poems. It made my day. She has a new collection of poetry--it's called Lovely, and this poem is from that new book out from Headmistress Press. When I read this poem about a cat, I knew to contact Kathy Buckland for photos, and sure enough, she had ones that were perfect. Today it is spring-like in Chicago but I know my friends in the Northeast are recovering from … [Read more...]

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Gift of the wild

12/24/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

I just spotted a coyote across the creek, running along the bank. Happy Christmas Eve to all. Peace, love, and solace.   Gift of the wild On Christmas a coyote came to our fence and ever since my dog has been visited by dreams of running with the pack, almost able to catch up but never quite there, lagging, and so her back legs push off as she sleeps in her bed, her eyes squint as if to see between the pickets, beyond the slats shadowed on the … [Read more...]

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Elizabeth Drew Stoddard — November

12/12/2017 By Ellen Beals 1 Comment

Good day and happy December and Happy Hanukkah (which begins today). I've started my shopping, put up lights outside, but haven't yet gotten my Christmas tree or decorated the inside of my house. I've been lackadaisical and uninspired, spending time doing crosswords, catching up on past issues of The New Yorker, and reading mysteries (Glass Houses by Louise Penny and The White Trilogy by Ken Bruen). I'm slow to get in the spirit this year.  It seems I am still in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: autumn state of mind, Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Ken Bruen, lackadaisical, Louise Penny, melancholy, November, Photography, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Happy Thanksgiving

11/23/2017 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

Hope your holiday is wonderful.  Thanks for reading this blog.  I have much to be grateful for and I hope you do too. Today's photo comes from Laura Rodley who explains:  “The photo I took while driving home and all of a sudden the clouds were setting on top of the cornfield like a  Shangri-la and I had to stop and enter their green vibrating world.” Thank-you, Laura.  Let us hope we can all find our own version of Shangri-la.   Laura Rodley, is a … [Read more...]

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