Art’s Impulse
You know who they are. People I call “connectors.” The ones you meet along life’s path who challenge you to become your personal best, who provide encouragement in your skills […]
Make Room
Make Room what tall boats sailed under snow on these dry-blue beds crushed by the weight of heavy moons and black ground how many layers of bones lie below
Emma Hill House Concert
Let me first say this about Emma Hill. She was born and raised in Sleetmute, Alaska, a village of 100 people, give or take, on the salmon-fed upper Kuskokwim River.
A Blazon to Quinn-Doggy
What, exactly, you may ask, is a blazon? A blazon is a poetic form, first appearing by the French poet Clement Marot during the 16th century. It started out as
Sanctuary
The snow kept falling and ice seized as winter pressed dark and hard Exhaustion mounted layered high as the banks of a deep river draining your strength, dry. Though no
Be Good and You Will be Lonesome
On a visit to my brother’s home in North Carolina, I came across this photo of my mom and a couple of her sisters; I don’t know who took
On the Streets of Portland
The Desert Room, 1950’s Portland There are many reasons to dig Portland; the first being it is only a 3.5 hour flight from Anchorage, so when you live in the
It will be summer, always
Gold Mint Trail, Hatcher Pass Today is not a day I dreamed…it will be summer, always