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I know it won't last, but at this very moment there is sunshine and warm weather in Chicago! It's Spring!

I wrote until way too early in the morning, but I'm happy for the progress. Then I met a friend for lunch, who put up with my slightly slap-happy and sleep-deprived state.

I am feeling so grateful for this beautiful day.


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Louise Glück is my favorite living poet. Snippets of her poetry appear throughout this blog and on my tumblr. I love the music of her language, her mythic sensibility, the beauty and raw emotion contained in each collection of words.

I woke up thinking about this one, her poem "Twilight." It seemed perfect for the end of the year:

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Last month at the launch party for The Silence of Trees, I saw several friends and family I don’t see nearly enough. Among them was a high school friend I hadn’t seen in two decades.

Michelle Conte Sylvia and I reconnected on Facebook while I was still living in Germany. I was immediately impressed by Michelle’s art and vision, and we’ve stayed in ( Read more... )