I am fortunate to be friends with several truly amazing poets. One of them is Dan Maguire, a former South Jerseyan who now lives in the Baltimore area. Dan is a fine poet, and also truly great at reading his poems. He will be the featured poet tonight at the Barnes & Noble on Route 70 in Marlton, beginning at 7:30 p.m ( Read more... )

From a blog post by romance novelist Meg Maguire entitled "EASY STREET CLOSED: Please Use the Long and Less Deluded Detour Through Realityville →"

The Call is wondrous, no matter what form it takes, and you should wallow in it when it arrives. Wallow and gloat and toast, just don't expect that feeling to last forever. It can't, and it won't, and ( Read more... )

I know it is after 7 p.m. where I live, but I am finally up for the day and able to use a computer and process information, at least for a few minutes ( Read more... )

It's late, but yes, I'm still up. I'm waiting for the Benadryl to take effect, which will serve the dual purpose of making me exceedingly drowsy and (hopefully) clearing my head a bit. I'm allergic to dust, you see, and guess what's involved in the Great Basement Cleaning Event? Now I'm torn between soldiering on tomorrow in an attempt to pretty ( Read more... )

This poem is appropriate for today's late post -- it was "take your kids to work" day and both of mine opted to come to work with me. Breakfast, then working with a friend at Borders for 3 hours, then lunch, then meeting with another writer friend at the library for an hour and a half, and then, off to the local pounds to see the pound puppies ( Read more... )