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Poetry Corner — An Interview (from Sweatpants and Coffee)
“Poetry is kind of like Brussels sprouts,” a friend of mine said recently. “Some people love it and most people hate it.” I find this both funny and, sadly, true; sadly because I consider myself a poet – but it took a long time, a lot of work and even more encouragement by fellow poets and mentors to claim that title. The woman who made that tasty analogy is Julia Park Tracey, and she was recently named Poet Laureate for the city of Alameda, where she lives in California. In addition to being newly minted as Poet Laureate, Julia is also an accomplished editor and journalist, and has published books…
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The Doris Diaries: Reaching For The Moon Book Trailer
Here is the latest: The book trailer for Reaching for the Moon: More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen (1927-1929) — Volume 2. A Casey Rose production.
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20 days in, plus toys
Isn’t that still life pretty? It’s the Teflon pots and pans, plus plastic utensils, that I’m giving away. (The picnic basket, wire chicken and canning kettle are just keeping them company for a few days.) I spent part of Saturday reseasoning some cast iron that I had used, then let sit, and then someone soaked it in water and it rusted horribly. Not pretty at all. Now I have three cast iron skillets of different sizes sitting in my oven with a light coat of olive oil, awaiting the next cooking opportunity. I got all three of them from Freecycle, by the way. Which means they cost me $0: my…
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and now, this brief interruption
Press Club Award for Alameda Writer Alameda author, blogger and journalist Julia Park Tracey has been honored in the East Bay Press Club 2010 Excellence in Print Journalism Contest. Park Tracey took first place in the multimedia category for her 30-day coverage of “The June Food Stamp Challenge” in 2010. The EBPC announced results of its annual contest at an awards banquet held June 10 in downtown Oakland.Park Tracey, founding editor and former publisher of the Alameda Sun, and her family lived on the amount of money people get on food stamps for a family of five for an entire month as part of a hunger awareness campaign by bloggers…
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a little bit blue
I took my walk today at about noon, taking my usual route around the perimeter of the former Alameda Navy base, where we live. I don’t know if it’s this sort of endless nuclear winter we’re enduring (hello, climate change!), or the sight of one laden cargo ship after another in the Estuary, packed to the top with containers from China and other shores. What are they full of? Oh, maybe useful stuff like light bulbs, nuts and bolts and cloth, but just as likely they’re filled with useless party-supply gewgaws, little bits of rubbish meant as novelty or gag gifts (plastic poo, perhaps?). Toys, baby bottles, computer equipment? Probably all of…
