Rewrites: January 2024

Each month I post an update called Rewrites on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website.

This is the inaugural post of Rewrites. Each month I will share my recent publications, what I am reading, and other content related to writing. 

Publications: 

• 1 of my haiku was published in tsuri-dōrō, Issue #19, Jan/Feb 2024. 

​abandoned rake
the leaves left
to the wind

• 2 of my haiku were published in Cold Moon Journal, January 2nd 2024.

tracing my lifeline ant 

trumpet flower
the hummingbird plays
each blossom 

• 1 of my haiku was published in The Haiku Foundation Haiku Dialogue on January 10th, 2024 on the theme "All the World's a State - Intermission." 

canceled date
acquainting myself 
with the clouds   

• 1 of my haiku was published in Haiku in Action, Week 86 on the theme of Winter Weather. 

christmas snowfall
the heating bill
also a new record  

• 1 of my haiku was published in Haiku in Action, Week 87 on the theme of Winter Activities. 

the snowman's acorn eyes open a crack 

On the ferry to Vashon Island passing the ferry to West Seattle

Books I Finished in This Month: 
Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations by Vendela Vida 
​Ferries of Puget Sound by Steven J. Pickens 
Just Breathe Normally by Peggy Schumaker 
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz, PhD
The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld 
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (audiobook) 

Attended: 

• January 25th-27th, 2024: Writing retreat on Whidbey Island 

I love the color of this mug

​Haiku: 

without sunlight
a winter flower
blooms

Issa

Poem: 

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
by Emily Dickinson 

"Hope" is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I've heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.​

Downtown Seattle at night in the rain

Writing Encouragement: 
Make a list of all the things you are passionate about. Your passion will come through in your words. 

Quote From a Writer:
"Instructions for living a life: 
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it." - Mary Oliver ​