This is the first sentence I ever wrote in German. I have recently decided to try learning German. I'm stating this publicly so I don't give up quickly. I think learning another language is good for your brain. And German isn't supposed to be particularly difficult for those who speak English as their Muttersprache. (See, … Continue reading Das Brot ist lecker.
Tag: books
Drop Stitch (a flash fiction)
Hello again! I've been told my poetry chapbook has moved into a second round of a competition. So, while I'm working on (hopefully close to actually final) edits to my cookbook, and maybe poking away at a short story about a castle, I've decided this a good time to try writing a poem a day, … Continue reading Drop Stitch (a flash fiction)
Hello 2025
Yesterday I received a notice that a piece of mine has been accepted for publication. Great news! A good start to the new year. It's a piece that I still feel is well written, eight or nine months after I first started sending it out, which is not always true. It's a creative non-fiction piece, … Continue reading Hello 2025
Books I Read (and recommend) in 2024
(from mid December 2023 up until Nov. 18th 2024, anyway.) I surrendered my volunteer reading position with Orca Literary Magazine this summer, and this has allowed me to read (or at least start to read) more published works this year than last, fifty-five including a few “read” as audiobooks as of the time I decided … Continue reading Books I Read (and recommend) in 2024
My 4-Star Reads in 2023
Since I’ve been reading “slush” for Orca Literary magazine this year – lots of poems and short stories and some creative non-fiction submissions, which it would be unprofessional for me to talk about much - Because of that slush reading, I haven’t been able to read quite as many books this year as in the … Continue reading My 4-Star Reads in 2023
Kilmeny MacMichael 