• far from failed_haiku

    It has been a couple of months since the one of a kind haikai journal shut its doors. I have noticed it to be the fate of several journals these days, and wonder if it has to do with editor-burnout. One does get exhausted with taking care of life while at the same time running…

  • Mostly Mamina…Blogging from A to Z.

    A is for Anna The day my husband told me that in his native language the word for mother is mamina was the day I started yearning for a little voice calling me just that. Mamina. It was a rough ride going from being a couple to being parents but less than a year ago,…

  • A year rolls by

    Its been almost a year since I last posted. Embarrassing, but there it is. Life got in the way some and some part was filled by my own inability to compose sentences. Almost a year to this day, I was at my first book release party. Hopefully it wont be my last, though the pace…

  • Meeting Mary

    It was with a bit of trepidation that I invited Mary Stanik the author of Life Erupted to meet my writers group. For one, we are a meagre group of three writers still learning the craft. Secondly it was a bit of a distance for Mary to travel, to introduce her book for a potential…

  • From the prairies…

    My first book release party! This was a long drive into the northern prairies with pines and lakes. Long stretches of corn and sunflower fields. Cows and horses lazing around in the sun. Happy. Soaking in the winds that herald autumn. In a town called Menahga which means blueberry bush in the Chippewa language. Where…