More Words Than I Thought I’d Write About Email on a Wednesday

Are these really the messages I cast aside so I can pounce on contracts from shipping companies?

Serpentine

“Sunshine permeates. Blooming permeates. Celebration permeates. Refuge permeates.”

Ramble #30

This Ramble is about stuff I lost track of in 2021, things I’m thinking about in the new year, trying to abandon perfectionism, what to share and what not to share, the topography of the Ojai Valley, and various other things.

Welcome, baby.

Historically, there’s been an element of exhaustion or overstimulation in the work I make due to it being tied in so many respects to social media. The energy of being on Twitter or Instagram bleeds into everything from the pace of production to the pressure to reach more people. Even if I’m enjoying making the art, there’s this extra stuff that I don’t quite know what to do with.

But this book felt different.

Printer Porn

Tell the Turning went to press last week in Poland and our publisher has been sending the most delicious slew of process photos from the print house.

Sideways Pride

Not the whole thing, but part of the thing.

Slowly, Slowly

It takes so few people, relatively speaking, to make this transformation possible.

Nesting and Turning

My working theory is that the silence and the sunshine and the singing are key materials of the nest I am always building, to hold whatever thoughts, feelings, rhythms, and ideas become my poems. Tara writes a monthly guest column on Nicole‘s blog. Every installment holds several gems, but her latest is particularly gemful. The … Continue reading Nesting and Turning