My Third E x p r e s s i o n s i n I n k at Water Street Gallery
As a poet, one doesn't get (or expect) a lot of assignments, so I find this annual event especially enjoyable, if nerve wracking. As a lover of [...]
Early Spring in Bird Hills
This is Bird Hills, Huron River Watershed, southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Winter Aconite (Eranthis hightails). Big thanks to Chris Stier and Tim Dykema, who helped [...]
If You’ve Never Birded, and Especially if You’re Stuck Somewhere You’d Rather Not Be
Lazuli bunting painting by Julie Costanzo. Reproduced with permission. Visit juliecostanzo.com (link below). I was richly rewarded the other morning for leaving my (well-beaten) paths. I [...]
Charles Baxter’s Advice for Aspiring Writers
Read a lot. Read until you find the things you love, because you will find them. When you find the things you love to read, look at [...]
Listen
The other day I got to sit at a large round table on the campus of Michigan State University with nine other thinkers/doers/makers to talk together about [...]
Ethereal Art
I stumbled upon this chalk-art-in-progress yesterday evening at the northeast corner of E. Liberty St. and S. Fifth Ave., in downtown Ann Arbor. I'm glad I [...]