Aug 1, 2022 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Poetry
BY SEAMUS HEANEY for Philip Hobsbaum Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet Like...
Jul 5, 2022 | Book Media, Current Ned Note, News and Media, On Books
Mud Flat Shorts (Mostly Fiction) I’m excited to have my short sequel to the bestselling novel The Eagle Tree featured in a new anthology from Olympia’s own Mud Flats Press. In this volume, you’ll find thirty-one great stories by nineteen writers from...
Jun 27, 2022 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes
The best YA books on the autistic experience/outsider experiences. I have some recommendations — published in Shepherd, the Best Books recommendation magazine. We all have important stories to tell. So my mission in life is to tell stories from many different...
Apr 16, 2022 | Current Ned Note, Theater
Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil or the Great Vigil of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as the faithful wait to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Great Vigil is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy...
Jan 31, 2022 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Poetry
Great hike this month — encountered the poem The Well Rising by William Stafford, engraved in basalt near Lake Oswego Oregon. Here’s some history and context for how this poem was placed in this location, with kudos to Kim Stafford for the detail. William...
