Sincere thanks to Plant-Human Quarterly and editor Neil Shepard for today featuring my poem and artist statement from their Autumn Equinox issue. PHQ has a unique focus and always beautifully showcases the work. otherwisecollective.com/gelineau-iss...

A reminder, reading tomorrow night, Fri, Oct 17 at 7 pm Downtown Writers Center, 340 Montgomery St, Syracuse, NY. This reading will also be available on Zoom . (Binghamton area, a reminder I'll be reading at Artisan's Gallery on State Street at noon the next day). www.ymcacny.org/blog/friday-...

Happy frosty October morning!

Saturday, October 18 from 12–2 PM Triple-A Reading Series features Jessica Cuello, Christine Gelineau and Sam Corradetti.. Join us for an hour of reading and the second hour for questions & book signing. Note the midday time to allow one to attend more than one Binghamton event that day. Free.

I have two readings scheduled for next weekend. My thanks to Phil Memmer for inviting me to read at the Downtown Writers Center in Syracuse at 7 pm on Friday, October 17. This reading will be both IN-PERSON at the Downtown Writers Center and streamed ONLINE via Zoom. www.ymcacny.org/blog/friday-...

The much needed rain has given us some of the color we expect from October. Frost forecast for tonight so carpe diem!

Peaceful October evening. Could be season’s first frost tonight.

September sunset

At Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, NY. Make an outing of it--visit stunning Ithaca park at fall foliage peak after the reading. Framed by the seasons, ALMANAC speaks to these vital conversations about what it can mean to be human in ways that are lyrical, practical, spiritual, and life-affirming.

HAPPY AUTUMNAL EQUINOX! In The ALMANAC PODCAST Episode Three, I talk with novelist and photographer Jeff Talarigo about writing respectfully on cultural issues and about libraries and public lands, treasures Americans share collectively. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDpo... @Jeff Talarigo. @ SUNY Press

September evening. The balm of peace descending on the land at a time of so much turmoil and violence in the nation.

My sincere thanks to editor, Rae Pagliarulo; reviewer Ben Winderman; and founding editor, Donna Talarico-Beerman, for this generous review of ALMANAC in the Hippocampus magazine—much appreciated. hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/08/revi...

Thank you, Cynthia, at Market Street Book Shop in Mashpee Commons for stocking ALMANAC. My memoir includes Mashpee history & memories of Popponesset so I’m pleased to have it locally available. This is a wonderful indie bookstore—we’re lucky to have it here!

The hairy stems of a Mountain Fresh tomato plant lit by the low summer evening sun.

Time to harvest the garlic!

Happy Summer Solstice! I’m delighted to share with you today the ALMANAC Podast Episode Two in which I talk with novelist Jaimee Wriston Colbert about eco-literature, ghosts, selkies, Hawaii, Maine and other delightful locations. Hope you’ll give it a listen. m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7lj...

I believe this is the third spring since I planted this azalea and it finally bloomed this year. Limited bloom but I love the color and hope bloom will increase as plant matures.

I will be at Town Square Mall Barnes & Noble next Sunday, June 8 from noon to 3 (2443 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY ) signing copies of my new book ALMANAC: A MURMURATION. Jen DeGregorio will be signing her debut poetry collection, WHAT TO WEAR OUT. christinegelineau.com jendegregorio.com

Happy Mother’s Day to all those who mother.

Thanks to all who spent their afternoon with Dante Di Stefano and me at the Tioga County Arts Council. I read from ALMANAC while Dante from two new books STANDARD TIME & THE WIDOWING RADIANCE. Thanks to LOUISIANA LITERATURE editor Jack Bedell and reviewer Caroline Le Blanc for the review of ALMANAC!

Join us for a FREE poetry reading featuring the work of Christine Gelineau and Dante Di Stefano on Saturday, May 10, at 1:30 pm at Tioga Arts Council Gallery, 179 Front St., Owego, NY 13827. Afterward, Q&A with books for sale. Join us! For additional information, email [email protected].

To all who celebrate

Sugar maple welcoming April!

April sunrise

With thanks to Neil Shepard and to editor Jeremy Schraffenberger northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...

Thanks to Christine Gelineau for sharing these photos from her Almanac book launch party in Binghamton, NY on April 1! We love the Almanac cake! Christine wrote a blog post about her book for us in February and you can read it here: shorturl.at/zqaCt

Thanks to everyone who came out to the ALMANAC Launch Party last night. Hope you all enjoyed the evening as much as I did!

Happy Book Birthday, ALMANAC! Launch party tonight 6:30-8 Broome Ag Development Meeting Room , Upper Front Street, Binghamton.

radio.wpsu.org/2025-03-31/p... Sincere thanks to Marjorie Maddox Hafer for including my poem “Bliss” on this week’s Poetry Moment from WPSU!

Looking for hope in all the right places.

Forthcoming 4/25, ALMANAC focuses on the #stories we tell ourselves about ourselves & one another, about the planet we all share, & on how these narratives shape our own identities, our communities, & our attitudes & actions toward the environment. #LookItUP tinyurl.com/5n8nsebe #ForthcomingFriday

Hope you enjoy this first edition of the ALMANAC PODCAST (youtu.be/7h0dqOhGS9E ) an interview with ELSA HIGBY of Bumble Feast Natives on the topics of organic gardening, community gardening, and sustainable agriculture, topics about which Elsa has considerable experience, expertise, and enthusiasm.

Heard the first of the returning killdeer this morning. Beautiful sunshine three days in a row now.

Friends within geographic range are invited to help me celebrate ALMANAC’s publication date. There will be cake! The Broome Ag Meeting Room is the room where early voting in Broome was held in recent election cycles. Easy on/off from 81 and plenty of parking. Looking forward to seeing you there!

I'm looking forward to this online reading for Word Hive on the Ides of March--March 15 at 7 pm. Hope to see you there. wordhiveorg.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/c...

Sign of spring! You’ll need the sound on for this one. The island in the Susquehanna River by our farm is a popular BnB stop for migrating geese. This is what it has sounded for the past four days as the travelers wake up, breakfast, and get ready to head out on the flyway

Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe this month of reflection and spiritual growth.

Looking to purchase books online? Bookshop.org is fantastic. They even donate some of their proceeds to indie bookstores to support your local bookstore.

I'm really looking forward to reading this from Penn State University Press. I'm also grateful to have a poem included. Out this May! www.psupress.org/books/titles...

My guest blog post on the SUNY Press site about my soon-to-be released book ALMANAC: A MURMURATION went live today. sunypress.edu/Blog/2025/Al...

And the winner of the 2024 John Dos Passos Prize is...

Congratulations, Angie Cruz!

& still the faith that these feet Ours & our children’s, will trace something Beautiful, an arabesque on ice, the perfect cursive Of a name that will melt away —Dante Di Stefano

In Ireland, February 1 is celebrated as St. Brigid’s Day, Imbolc, the start of spring. It’s not feeling very springlike here but I’m taking it as a sign of hope all the same.

Bluebird sky for a late January day.

My thanks to Jim Lewis and Verse-Virtual for including two of my poems in their January issue. www.verse-virtual.org/2025/January...