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The wind ripped down Fork Mountain this evening, tossing branches like broken arms and sending leaves through the air like so many pieces of confetti. Chaos can be beautiful, and as we lean more [...]

This morning I awoke to an indoor temperature of 47 degrees and two inches of snow outside. Wind howled through the still-bright leaves and I leapt from bed godspeed, certain it was now or never. [...]

[Sorry for the delay.] The past few days, a minor case of the crazies sent me back my more creative self. This is a welcome shift from the past few weeks of magazine writing mania. Choose your [...]

I can’t envision dating someone right now, yet it seems to be the pressing question.To all the people who keep asking that question: I insist–I don’t want to be with anyone [...]

Good news: I made first cuts on the Regional Artist Grant Project. My interview is in a week and a half. This is the small one – about $900 – but it’s to fund my trip to AWP Chicago in 2009. Wish [...]

Read my latest article, featuring Brent Skidmore’s artwork at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design!

I decide I need to George Canipe’s son, James, who lives in Marion now. James himself is old enough to be retired, but he remembers the years his father worked for the state as Bridge Foreman of [...]

Things I think about every day, as of late:1. Whether or not I got enough sleep.2. What kind of espresso drink I will have that day.3. If Obama will win or not.4. Why I haven’t lost any [...]

I felt addled all day. Madame Rimsky-Korsakov. Who was she? Wife of the famous composer, Nicoli Rimsky-Korsakov, yes. But I want more. The psychic said that I was meant to see that painting and [...]

I swore I’d never do it. In fact, most of my life I’ve been not only hesitant to go to a psychic, but superstitious about it. Leave well enough alone, I thought. No need to taint the [...]