L'aura del Campo

Ack&Arty... two busty, errrrr busy boys.

Other writers say...

Achy Obejas will be in Denver at AWP in April:



Thou:

I left a comment, a while back, in the blog of Ghostranch :

Looking for treasure
In the things that you threw
Like a magpie
I live for glitter, not you

***ouch***

We have magpies here [in Montana] and yes, some of us have learned to live of the refuse of others...

The italics are from a song, "We are golden" by Mika. There is something deep about those four lines that someone could use as a prompt for a poem or short story. Many of us might relate.

I responded to April Sunday about her pet peeve she illuminated for us in her newsletter:

Misspellings? How about typos!

I recently caught myself commenting on how busty busy one the writers here was.

Occasionally though a stuck key, a missed letter or an added one can add unintentional humor. If used properly it can make a delightful read.

Today when I went to type Zack it came out Ack! Since I pick on him gently anyway I left it and then instead of writing Zack and Party wrote Ack & Arty...

Even if no one else gets it, I had fun!

Nice newsletter on how/why writers shouldn't be sloppy.

Me and Mine:

The roast beast was tough, had to hold a knife to it. It didn't even bleed... that tough... But for $5 at the Senior Center one can't complain...

Last night... got to Fact&Fiction for a reading by David Biespiel. Very soft spoken... I think I need to go to an ear specialist. I suspect I've lost hearing or have a build-up of wax in my ears.

He read from The Book of Men and Women. Not exactly my type of poetry; although, I did like "The Hummingbird". His retelling of biblical stories about Adam and Abraham inspired me to write one of my own... from the point of view of the Tree of Knowledge... which as far as I know weren't no apple!

He did not read his newer "Letter to Hugo from SoDo" but we did talk about Richard Hugo's influence. Dan who was sitting next to me, studied with Hugo in '73.

Biespiel is the founder of the Attic in Portland: http://atticwritersworkshop.com/

It was a good evening. Sadly, there were no folks there from UM. I do not understand the academics nor the writing community in general. Is everyone so narcissistic that they can't learn from other writers or at least support them? Argh...

Missoula: Oh where, oh where did the sun go? 37º at 2 pm. Montana Standard Time.

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