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Facebook & new books (and poetry & taxes)

04/16/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happy (almost) Tax Deadline Day! Hope you have your return prepared and that you are receiving a refund. Also hope you did not wake to snow as we did in Chicago. It’s odd certainly to get snow in mid-April and odder still to hear that baseball games are cancelled because of snow. Facebook has been in the news.  I have used this spot previously to discuss my qualms about social media. Sometimes, more often than it used to be, I am tempted to quit Facebook etc. But in … [Read more...]

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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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Poetry reading: April 10, Evanston Art Center

03/27/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

I’m happy to tell you that I will be reading two weeks from today in celebration of Poetry Month. It’s been a while! I will be reading with Jorge Sanchez on Tuesday, April 10, at seven p.m. at the Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Evanston, 60201. The reading is put on by SalonSeries in partnership with the Evanston Art Center. All gallery spaces are handicapped accessible. There is a parking lot adjacent to the Center and street parking on Central (and a … [Read more...]

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