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...
Jan 16, 2022 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
The poet Langston Hughes was a great inspiration to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Examples of their connection are expansive. In 1956, King recited Hughes’ poem “Mother to Son” from the pulpit to honor his wife Coretta, who was celebrating her first Mother’s Day. That...
