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We visited friends in Memphis, TN and Austin, TX.

  Memphis The Crystal Shrine Grotto in the Memorial Park Cemetery, a man-made cave of crystals, with dioramas of the life of Christ. The Pool of Hebron beside the grotto, in front of the Cave of Machpelah. The Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated and site of the National Civil Rights Museum [...]

Edgewise

I’ve decided to publish a new chapbook of speculative poetry and microfiction at the end of February, so they’re available for sale at 2010: A Space Oddity. I plan to do a limited, numbered edition of 100, with a mix of three different covers. I’m taking advance orders now via PayPal to joannemerriam@gmail.com (or mail [...]

What do you wish?

I didn’t catch the exact name of this exhibit when we visited the museum in January, and I can’t find it on their website, but the idea was, they’d taken wishes from people and printed them, and you could buy a wish ribbon with a small donation, and submit your own wish. They said things [...]

Things that make me happy.

It won’t be winter forever.

Consider the puffin.

In the attic of childish desires puffin is king — sentimental, avuncular. – from “Quiet and Getting Quieter” by Nancy Schoenberger

I miss Tennessee.

I keep meaning to go skating.

It’s supposed to be below freezing all week, so perhaps I’ll finally get my chance.

None of the muppets were good at what they wanted to be.

  New post up at Vary the Line about using traditional songs and verses in your poetry. I started thinking about it because “Angels We Have Heard On High,” a poem about my niece’s reaction to Christmas, was published today. In other news, it is snowing here in Tennessee. Surely the end times are upon [...]

The Batcave

The batcave is our back driveway – it’s surrounded by wildly growing bamboo and trees and shrubs and things, so it’s basically hidden if you don’t know where to look. I spent an hour today mid-afternoon taking photos and with the sun slanting into everything, the light was just amazing golden miracle making everything look [...]