Saturday, February 25, 2012

Saturday Good Reads


Author Marilynne Robinson pens an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education – on reclaiming a sense of the sacred. Simply Darlene tells the story of a puppy who teaches a neighbor something. Chris Galford says he ain’t no poet, and Tim Good has a cold haiku. Jack Baumgartner has some wonderful drawings of Jonah and the whale, and Jay Cookingham had another edition of Bad Sheep. And a lot more.

Prose

The eyes have it” by Jerry Barrett at Parenthetically Speaking in 3D.

How to get a bus out of a ditch” by Shawn Smucker.

Longing for More” by Jason Vana.

The Lament of Loss” by J of India at Neither Use Nor Ornament.

Looking Back” by Billy Coffey at What I Learned Today.

Has God Disappointed You?” by Jason Stasyszen at Connecting to Impact.

Not Sitting in Estes: Me” by Megan Willome.

I am not a disappointment” by Louise Gallagher at Recover Your Joy.

The Magnificent Seven” by Jay Cookingham at Soulfari.

He had to go” by Jake Lee at Very Much Later.

Reclaiming a sense of the sacred” by Marilynne Robinson for The chronicle of Higher Education (hat tip: Jeff Overstreet).

When you need to remember” by Sandra Heska King.


The size of pancakes” by Harriett Gillham at The Other Side of the Mountain.

Professors, Pups and Pedigrees” by Darlene at Simply Darlene.

Calm in the storm” by Daniel Donovich at The Itinerant D.

Paraprosdokian, Anyone?” by Rachelle Gardner.

Poetry

As the Sun Is Set in the Forest” by Robert Lee Brewer at My Name Is Not Bob.

Food Chain” by Steven Marty Grant at Urbanality.

Marilyn Nelson” by D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

Looking for Meaning in Red” by Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.

Ain’t No Poet” by Chris Galford at The Waking Den.

Ambition” by Tony Maude at Rumours of Rhyme.

Where do I go from here?” and “No ringtone” by B.K. McKenzie at Signed…BKM.

Tyranny of socks & everyday radicals” by Brian Miller at WayStationOne.

Fro-Zen” by Timothy Good at Poetry by Tiwago.

Paintings and Photographs

Photography of a Black Saddlebag” and “Water on Smoke” by Timothy Good at Photography by Tiwago.

Resting…Still” by Susan Etole at Just…A Moment.

A New Season” and “The Sky in the Water,” watermedia on paper by Randall David Tipton at Painter’s Process.

Looking and seeing” by Nancy Rosback at A Little Somethin’.

Surrounded by the deep” by Jack Baumgartner at The School of the Transfer of Energy.

Out of the Wind” by Michelle DeRusha at Graceful.

Grit: An Essay with Photos” by Diana Trautwein at Just Wondering.

Cartoons

Bad Sheep: Orange You Glad to See Me?” by Jay Cookingham, at Soulfari.


Photograph: Winter Fog by Larisa Larisa via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

13 comments:

Unknown said...

So kind of you to include me bro'! Have a blessed weekend!

Louise Gallagher said...

Thank you Glynn -- it's an honour to be included -- and your support is always appreciated!

Shawn Smucker said...

Thanks, Glynn!

H. Gillham said...

I love it when you include me. I get this huge grin on my face.

Thanks.

SimplyDarlene said...

I've visited several links so. And that one by Marilynn Robinson, wow, that is long and so packed full. We are from the same hometown. Yep, and Patrick McManus too. I hope some of what was in their literary water was in mine too.

Thanks for including me in this list. Your lead photo is amazing too.

Blessings.

Megan Willome said...

You da man!

And I've been dying to ask: Are the purple ones your favorites?

Maureen said...

Wasn't aware of Tim Good's photography. Lovely!

Thank you for including my poem.

jasonS said...

Thank you, Glynn! I am blessed by the inclusion. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. :)

Brian Miller said...

an honor to sit among some amazing individuals...have a great saturday man!

S. Etole said...

blessings, Glynn, for all you to do to encourage us ... thank you.

Jody Lee Collins said...

Sir, do you have an actual day job (Award Winning writer) or do you get to just read all week long and find amazing things for the rest of us?
thank you!
I have Coffey family relatives--I enjoyed the link to Billy's piece.

diana said...

How lovely to find my name on this list again, Glynn. Thank you! And thanks for the tweet this a.m. - you are so very faithful.

Daniel Dydek said...

Glynn! You're awesomer than I realized. Thanks so much for the links!