Write On, Door County is a writing center near Juddville, Wisconsin. Poet Susan Jaret McKinstry and I will be appearing there on Saturday, January 25, 2025 (3:00 to 5:00 p.m.) for a melange of song and poetry with singer-song-writer (and Carleton alum!) Katie Dahl –her website is filled with interesting details of her career in the lyrical and musical arts, as well as how to see her shows and purchase her CDs.
Tim, Susan, and I got to see Katie and her partner, Rich, perform this past August at the Mt. Olivet Retreat Center. I have been playing her CDs ever since. Now I am looking forward to this hybrid event, to hearing Katie again, to getting to know Write On, Door County, this unique space dedicated to the literary arts, and to being on a road trip with Susan!
Alexa’s Elixir, Detroit Lakes City Park, October 2024
Last fall, Tim and I were guided to some intriguing troll sculptures in the Detroit Lakes area of Northern Minnesota. (Thanks, Tricia and Bob!) These sculptures are the brain children of Danish sculptor and environmental activist, Thomas Dambo. Currently, his troll sculptures–made of reclaimed materials and realized through partnerships with local communities–are standing tall in 17 countries. On Dambo’s website, there is a description of his philosophy and a map of all the current sculptures.
Recently, friend Lea Goode-Harris, an artist, photographer, poet, and labyrinth designer who is based in California, sent me images of the trolls she had traveled to encounter. Suffice to say, our glee knew no bounds. When Lea suggested we each write short poems about these whimsical works and combine our photographs for a shared post on her website, I was pleased to participate. The post went up yesterday.
For more photos and our poems, please visit the Manzanita Sisters website. Hope you will enjoy them!
I am so pleased to be reading via Zoom with my friend and Third Wednesday Magazine colleague, poet Katherine Edgren, in the monthly series. I will be reading first, mostly poems from my new collection, Geranium Lake: Poems on Art and Art-Making; Kathy will be reading both poems from her newest collection, Keeping Out the Noise, as well as some newer work published recently in journals. After the two readings, there will be an Open Mic event–with sign-up starting at 6:45 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)–so consider coming to listen and staying to read your own work or work you love!
Katherine Edgren has authored four collections of poetry, the most recent being Keeping Out the Noise. Her work has appeared in Coe Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, ThirdWednesday. Before retirement, she headed a department at University of Michigan Health Service and served as a City of Ann Arbor Council Member.
Leslie Schultz has five collections of poetry; Geranium Lake: Poems on Art and Art-Making is her most recent. Her poetry has appeared widely in Poet Lore, Able Muse, and other journals. She also publishes photographs, essays, and fiction, and happily mucks about in a garden plagued by shade and rabbits.
Until further notice, all sessions are virtual and accessible through Zoom.
Featured readers are followed by Open Mic reading. • FREE • All writers welcome • Readyour own or other favorite poetry. • Sign up begins 6:45 p.m. • Poetry Series readings every fourth Wednesday hosted by David Jibson, Ed Morin & Lissa Perrin. See our blog at https://cwcircle.poetry.blog/
