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A Second Volume of Poetry
I am pleased to announce the publication of my second book of poetry, titled Reportings. (A photo of the cover appears below.) The book is 118 pages long, includes 31 poems in six sections, and is priced at $19.00. As was … Continue reading
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Some News From Mid-July
As I promised in my May 1 post, three paintings — “Purple Glass,” “Sublime,” and “Christmas Glow” — which I based on the spectacular nature photography of my nephew Dave Pellegini, now appear on the Prints and Paintings page. (For … Continue reading
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A May 1st Update
Once again I’m conscious of the swift passage of time. It doesn’t seem like eight months have passed since my last post here, but when I count up the months, there are eight of them. Not that those eight months … Continue reading
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Another Labor Day Show, After a Watercolor Class and Two Acrylic Workshops
Time really does fly, and as it flies, another Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo arrives. This year’s show runs from Saturday, September 1, to Monday, September 3, from 12-6 pm. (For more detail on the event and its … Continue reading
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Two Art Shows, Two Art World Adventures
I didn’t sell either of the two paintings that were selected for the Labor Day Show, though a friend was surprised to happen upon “Ascending” at the show and surprised me in turn with a photo of it on her … Continue reading
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Labor Day Art Show at Glen Echo Park
For the past 46 years, Glen Echo Park, an arts and cultural center in neighboring Glen Echo, Maryland, has hosted an art show over the Labor Day weekend. This year’s show, Number 47, runs Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, September 2-4, … Continue reading
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The Takoma Park Reading — The Video
The video of the March 16 reading at the Takoma Park Community Center is now available. Just Google “Third Thursday Poetry (March 16, 2017).” The video is almost an hour long. As I noted in the first post, Mary Beth … Continue reading
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The Takoma Park Reading
Thursday night’s reading at the Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium was most enjoyable. Nancy Arbuthnot, Professor Emerita of English at the United States Naval Academy, read several of her poems first, and then I read four poems from Food for … Continue reading
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Progress Report, March 2017
Once again, I’m playing catch-up. My last post here was in October of last year, but that should not be taken to mean that nothing has happened since then. A lot has. There have been several developments on the art … Continue reading
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An Award and Some Recognition
A Canadian arts organization, Book Excellence Awards, has informed me that Food for a Journey has been chosen as the winner of the organization’s 2016 Book Excellence Award for Poetry. A year ago, when the book first appeared, my publisher … Continue reading
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