I'm Ready for My Close Up (but I need help)

I did a fun (or is it funny) thing this week.  I had new head shots taken.  Yes, the new book needs a new head shot.  Plus, I’m sporting a new haircut these days so I need to look a bit more like my present day self.  Though I did, of course, keep my signature...

Back to Poetry

It somehow feels appropriate that the work I’m doing first off this summer is poetry.  My writing life really began with poetry, and that poetry found it’s first home here on Martha’s Vineyard.  “Martha’s Vineyard Magazine” was one...

July 4th

Greetings from Martha’s Vineyard.  I’ve arrived and begun to get into the rhythm of my island life, despite the busyness of the last few months and the difficulty of extricating myself from it.  As I’ve mentioned before, this schizophrenic aspect of...

Here I Go Again

As you read this, I’ll be winging my way to the States, to my summer home, to my favourite island in the world.  It’s hard to believe it’s that time again.  My life still seems to run along an academic schedule, so this time of year also marks the...