by minervarising | Dec 23, 2013 | Blog
I know it’s predictable, but I couldn’t resist posting a picture of my Christmas tree. All the ornaments, except for a few heirlooms, are red and gold. And it’s lit by white lights. I love the simplicity of the colors, but also the richness of them....
by minervarising | Dec 19, 2013 | Blog
Sometimes I will switch purses and come across an old forgotten notebook or journal. When I find the journal, I begin reading not in the middle but on the first page to remind myself of where I was when I began that journal–physically, mentally, emotionally and...
by minervarising | Dec 16, 2013 | Blog, Poetry2
It’s Christmas/ Hanukkah/ Solstice time, and you know what that means: LISTS! To-Do Lists, Santa Lists, Shopping Lists, New Year’s Resolution Lists, Best of 2013 Lists. . . Where is poetry on your list? Where is your novel? Your revisions? The stack...
by minervarising | Dec 9, 2013 | Blog, Staff Picks
Review By Lindsey Grudnicki How far are you willing to go to tell a good story? Would you destroy your friends? Would you destroy yourself? What would you sacrifice to write the perfect tragedy? Norah Labiner’s Let the Dark Flower Blossom contemplates what dark power...
by minervarising | Dec 2, 2013 | Blog, Staff Blog
It’s December 2nd and I feel as if I’m already behind. To be honest, I’d love a few more days to enjoy the colors of fall. So, in the spirit of lingering a bit longer on the subject of thanksgiving, each of our staff would like to share what they are...
by minervarising | Nov 25, 2013 | Blog, Photography, Staff Blog
It’s been way too cold to go outside and make pictures, so I’ve been struggling for inspiration. I keep daring myself to find a photo project within my house, but my house does not look like an episode on HGTV. Those houses probably don’t look like...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Nov 21, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
The writer’s heart must be round. It must see through the obvious. It must have a heart for those who are heartless. A writer’s heart has to beat to the drum of love, even for those who don’t deserve it. A few weeks ago, I dreaded the simple act of waking up because...
by minervarising | Nov 20, 2013 | Blog
I taught a class some years ago, a workshop I cooked up entitled “How to Get From Here to There”. We spent three Saturdays, me and six other women, figuring out what changes we actually wanted to make – jobs, relationships, bodies, kids, exercise, enjoyment –...
by Emily Shearer | Nov 18, 2013 | Blog, Poetry2, Staff Blog
I am not a huge fan of the epigraph. You know, those short pieces in italics set off to the right at the top of a poem or in a notes section, there to guide us obtuse readers into the mind of the poet before we get into the meat of the poem. For one thing, the word...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
Today, after rising at five o’clock to talk to my lover on the phone between five and six when he is on his way to work, I return to bed and dream that my son Jonathan is driving my friend Manta and me somewhere downtown and we pass a house on a street of crowded...
