Category Archives: shapes

scheduling time

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

I adore this portrait of May Sarton. I used it in a blog post on August 8, 2009. I also used some of the same quotes, but I had a very different reaction to them two years ago.  There is nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in life, reading, schedules, shapes, structure, the day, time | Tagged | 12 Comments

VCFA visuals #2: the old victorian

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

where I started each of the eleven days… and where I returned each of the eleven nights…

Posted in details, form, journeys, mfa, perspective, photo stories, place, shapes | Tagged | 7 Comments

inch

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Inch. Do you know this tiny journal? I discovered it at AWP. Small. Gray. Thin. Tiny poems. Tiny fiction. A single issue costs $1. Bull City Press publishes 4 issues a year. Ross White is the Editor, and guess what? Robin Black … Continue reading →

Posted in journals, poetry, shapes, stories | Tagged | 3 Comments

blog bones

Posted on February 12, 2011 by

In the past week, several different readers have commented that either they didn’t know there was a list of all the writers in the How We Spend Our Days series or that they didn’t know what I was talking about … Continue reading →

Posted in details, form, obsession, shapes, structure | Tagged | 4 Comments

shovelful

Posted on January 30, 2011 by
Posted in accumulation, mfa, photo stories, recurring images, shapes, the day | Tagged | 6 Comments

shapes: amelia island

Posted on November 10, 2010 by
Posted in catching moments, perspective, photo stories, place, shapes, the day, writing | Tagged | 8 Comments

imperfection

Posted on September 30, 2010 by
Posted in catching moments, Columbus GA, fall, leaves, photo stories, shapes | Tagged | 6 Comments

look again

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

In a 1984 Paris Review interview, the writer James Baldwin said the following: I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to change, and he pointed down and … Continue reading →

Posted in details, shapes, writing | Tagged | 14 Comments

core

Posted on June 24, 2010 by

I’ve always wanted to like yoga. I tried Pilates–for two years. I wanted to be more connected to my body. Surely this would make me a better writer. Today I’m going to CORE, a studio in the recently renovated and … Continue reading →

Posted in catching moments, form, my writing, shapes | Tagged | 5 Comments

another last night in Rome

Posted on March 28, 2010 by
Posted in journeys, photo stories, place, recurring images, shapes | Tagged | 12 Comments