friends
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Last night I went to the opening reception for photographer Tracy Longley-Cook’s show “Bearing Still.” Tracy graciously provided me with the cover image for Living Things, her photo “Cedar Waxwing.” We first met several years ago when we worked on ASU’s Visual Text Project, a collaboration between ASU’s MFA programs in visual arts and creative
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Tonight I’ve been sitting down to write in my living room while listening to my friend Aaron Middleton‘s amazing, fully improvised piano CD Distant Storm. It’s available for purchase and awesome.
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is when I read a collection of poems, a manuscript, by someone I know and it ROCKS. Getting that “I wish I thought of that!” feeling. And also, watching the poems grow from first drafts into final pieces. It’s like your neighbor’s kids are all grown up and heading off to college. I also love