Tag: The Writer’s Almanac

Summer solstice 2026

The intent1 was to watch the sun set and watch full, strawberry moon rise on the summer solstice.2 But I fell asleep and awoke after 1 a.m. — cloudy, nighttime pondering of lessons in risk management.3 A few hours later, I watch the light brighten the room4 as I prepare for a morning walk.

NOTES:
1) Coffeehousejunkie, “Best intentions,” June 21, 2016, weblog, accessed June 16, 2026, https://coffeehousejunkie.net/2016/06/21/best-intentions/
2) Bob Berman, “Summer Solstice Full Moon in June!,” The Old Farmer’s Almanac, accessed June 20, 2016 http://www.almanac.com/blog/astronomy/astronomy/summer-solstice-full-moon-june (page no longer available)
3) Gregory Orr, “Farther’s Song,” Academy of American Poets, accessed June 20, 2016 https://poets.org/poem/fathers-song
4) Charles Simic, “Secret History,” The Writer’s Almanac, June 19, 2016, accessed June 20, 2016 https://www.writersalmanac.org/episodes/20160619/

Flood Fine Arts Gallery poster design

Back in February, I came across an event poster I designed. Shot all the photos. Including the white elephant. It was a child’s toy. Laid out the type and and composed the image for the event.

The poster was almost almost tossed into the trash. Early spring cleaning. But that morning I heard Garrison Keillor read “Admiring Audubon’s Carolina Parakeets” by Rose McLarney on the February 6th podcast of The Writer’s Almanac. She was a featured poet at that Asheville event.

Memories of Asheville poetry readings returned to me. The night I heard Thomas Rain Crowe and Coleman Barks reading Hafiz and Rumi poems. Rose McLarney was a rising poet. The Flood Fine Arts Gallery provided the space and community for poets young and old to share and grow.

That summer grew me as well. June 16th, there were two poetry readings I did in Durham. Later that summer I enrolled in a 5-week writing course. And received a scholarship to attend a writers residency in Queen City.

Those were different times. All good memories. But what to do with this poetry event poster I designed?