I guess I could wish you happy April 20; I don't know though. It is an inauspicious date. I saw "Real Time with Bill Maher" the other day -- he's starting a movement to make 4/20 a federal holiday to celebrate pot, and I've got to admit his spoof "Twas the Night Before 4/20" was pretty clever (especially for a bunch of stoners--haha). You can see it here. But it was his explanation of the origins of 4/20 that I noticed because it differed from what I had heard. Bill … [Read more...]
Spring, taxes, and news (Boyle and Aguero)
April 15 is the day to file your taxes in the US. Every year I vow to be more prepared so I am not looking for documents at the last minute or having to make a run to the accountant. But guess what? I never change and I am always somewhat frantic. The same with spring. Each year I pray for it, invoke it, ask that I be delivered from winter, and every time it arrives, I am somehow not quite ready for it. I grumble a bit being awakened from that long winter’s nap. SISMW … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Bonnie J. Toomey, “Mother of You”
Mother of You I am the goddess of lasagna, says my son. I think about this as I layer the marinara and ricotta over sheets of noodle, hopeful I’m able to live up to his praise. I don’t know what makes me look up, peripheral vision, perhaps some womb-like instinct, the pull between two places in proximity - But the forms are there in the open, white-chested dancers, tawny, sloping necks, intent on food. I leave … [Read more...]
News from Glimpse of Solace artists (Cleary, Coudal, Nance, Buckland) and a call for submissions
April showers today; I love the rumble. Here are some updates about the artists whose work has been featured on Glimpse of Solace Daniel Cleary is going to have a show "In Exhibition: Daniel Cleary, new and selected paintings" starting tomorrow April 10 at the Uptown Arts Center, 941 W. Lawrence. Brendan Coudal continues to be inspired by his cats Max and Phoebe . But he also has a number of new projects. Check out all Brendan’s visual art at his website. One … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Laura Rodley “To Be a Horse”
This essay by Massachusetts writer Laura Rodley gives us an image and rides with it. Reading it makes me think of all the horses in literature and the horse books by Marguerite Henry. I love how Laura’s writing flows (it's why I fell for "Addicted" in Solace in So Many Words). This lyric essay is timely to me too because it mentions a broken arm, and I am recovering from a broken arm (but not one as serious the fracture mentioned here). To Be a … [Read more...]
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