Archive for July, 2008
How to Pack (truth and humor)
Old-school travel It’s hard to leave home. I pack at the last minute. Sort of. It’s a layered affair. 1) The basic layer is a suitcase always at the ready with toiletry kit and swimsuit and such ready to go at a moment’s notice, anywhere, anytime. 2) Then, as I ready for a trip, I [...]
POD as Community Project: A Gem of an Idea
Click here to read about how “Gems of Yesterday: The Poetry and Philosophy of Bee Lewis,” our latest book release, is being used as a community project. Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky explains it pretty well. POD = Print on Demand
Floodstage Mississippi River, 1903, 1943, 1973, 1993…add 15 years = 2008: “Man, the Meddler,” by Erwin A. Thompson
Floods — 1903, 1943, 1973, 1993, and then add fifteen years Of course, this is an attempt to put “A little humor” into a series of tragedies. Obviously there have been other floods in years that did not end with a three. It seemed appropriate that I preface my review of the floods with a [...]
From Floods to Flames…series on Mississippi Floodstage starts tomorrow just as I go towards the firestorms.
For those of you who know your geography and follow the news, you know that for the past month we’ve had flooding here in Missouri and Southwestern Illinois. Some of you have emailed me asking for updates since I haven’t posted about the flooding on Riehlife. My feeling was that I wanted to wait until [...]
July 4th poem: “I am the Declaration of Independence,” by Genie Keller
July 4, 1976, the United States celebrated its Bicentennial. In 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. As the N Y Times board blog says: “It makes sense to think of the Fourth of July as the start of a season and not as a one-day holiday moored off by itself. But it [...]
Social Snobbery delicately lampooned: “The underdone bottom of the uppercrust.” by Erwin A. Thompson
At dinnertime recently, my father recalled this story, and I asked him to share it with us. What follows is his author’s note from his novel “The Upper Crust.” —JGR _______________________________ Pie! THE UPPER CRUST An explanation of the title might be helpful. I was raised by three maiden aunts and my maternal grandfather. They [...]
Directed Contemplative Writing—a variation on free writing
I’ve started a new writing project—working with my longtime friend and writing colleague, Stephanie Farrow who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the last weeks we’ve developed a way of working which I’m analyzing into steps below in hopes it might help those writers among Riehlife’s readers. [Note: This is filed in the Write, Pen! [...]
Timing is all.
Timing and destiny and yearning. What determines the timing of manifestation? All coordinates come together. Happening on god’s time, not ours.
Shared Story—Martin Prechtel: Remembered through being in the story together
“They welcomed me by letting me know that they hadn’t let me go. I was remembered. As far as they were concerned, no matter how far I roamed or what we’d had to do to survive, I was still in the story with them, and had never actually left the village.” Martín Prechtel Artist Writer [...]
River’s Mercy: African Wilderness
At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness by Peter Stark “There is always something new coming out of Africa.” –Pliny the Elder
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