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Archive for May, 2009

Sightlines Blog Tour Video #2: Studio Tour & Working Process

Title: Driving and First Talk Part 1 Description: Getting started. Janet drives toward Scott Kidd’s home and studio in Nolensville, Tennessee. As usual, she gets lost. We meet Scott’s dog Tucker and tour Scott’s audio studio. Introduction to Janet and Scott’s working process, personal bond, and how the project began. Length: 9:52 minutes Videographer: Scott [...]

Sightlines blog tour video #1: Getting Ready to Go–Nashville Launch Dinner

Title: Sightlines Audio Book Description: Ready to go. Janet gets ready for Sightlines audio book launch party in Nashville, Tennessee with Suzy Bogguss—Nashville music star—as special guest. Length: 2:33 minutes. Videographer: Ria Sharon

Sightines: A Poet’s Diary Reader Extends Appreciation

Yesterday, I received a beautiful note from Madonna Bettit of Vermont, extending her appreciation after she’d read “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary.” “Indeed, as you wrote: What will you do with this life?/And why do you wish to keep on living?” You have done something very beautiful. Your lonely, poignant poetry is beyond comment. This is [...]

Stray Dog Theatre Presents “The Trial.” Based on Kafka’s famous book.

I read Kafka’s book “The Trial” in freshman English class taught by the magnificent Jonathan Kaplan. I love it. This last week, so many decades later, I saw a play based on this classic at the Stray Dog Theatre in St. Louis (Stray Dog Theatre 2348 Tennessee Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63104,, 314-865-1995. My friend [...]