Ideally no things should cost money

It shouldn’t cost money to run for elected office G’night

The Medicare rep asked me if I was “using John Hancock as a metaphor or…?”

Graham Platner is real. Standing right next to me. The vibe is goooood.

“This is my city. This is my city.”

If you happen to be near Blue Hill #Maine this week, my friend Caroline Sulzer and I will be sharing poems & artwork at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday. Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨

Can you believe anybody invites me to read my filth and nonsense inside library buildings no you’re so much smarter than that & i can tell by the number of weapons festively displayed on your holiday card

If the microplastics run for office maybe they’d be less poisonous & outstay their welcome on earth less aggressively than the ooze we lumpily continue to hold over own heads and ask please not to drip disgustingly down upon us especially not in the eyes think about it

Oh ok the country is a green greasy headache with a side of mulch-vomit smell arrow combo bomb stitch-ripped undersided frenemies murder larp got it

The reels default feed over there is driving me batshit

Heeeeyyyyy. I have a new book out. I’m doing an absolutely awful job telling anyone about it! The 50 #collage works in DEEP WHOOSH incorporate closed-caption sound effects. Because as a HoH poet/artist I’m fascinated by them both verbally & visually. + essay + 2 poems #VisualPoetry #ArtistBook

Trying to get my house mother-in-law clean

$10 it’s gonna be a prerecorded statement

Heeeeyyyyy. I have a new book out. I’m doing an absolutely awful job telling anyone about it! The 50 #collage works in DEEP WHOOSH incorporate closed-caption sound effects. Because as a HoH poet/artist I’m fascinated by them both verbally & visually. + essay + 2 poems #VisualPoetry #ArtistBook

Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

Cool, I’m not giving money. I’m giving as much effort as I can muster. Because Susan Collins confirmed the SCOTUS justice who tanked Roe v. Wade and if that were actually a concern of yours you’d get behind a fallen leaf running opposed to her, maybe, if you felt like me. Be well.

If you live in Maine, and even if you don’t, this was legitimately rousing. Graham Platner feels like someone who actually gives a shit. (He was born in my town, so new to a Wikipedia page they’re sure what year yet, lol.) We have mutuals. Everybody vouches.

I’m offering a graphic memoir course online this fall for New York’s School of Visual Arts. Starts 9/24. More info here: sva.edu/academics/co...

Another #collagraph. I also did one w/ chine collé which I thought I’d like better, but the 2 ink colors and a more neutral overall look are pleasing me more at the moment. I don’t know how many impressions I’ll get from these before they start to break down. (I’m not sealing them.) #printmaking

I keep forgetting to post over here. I sent an INKY newsletter on Thurs, and so far I’ve spent most of the long weekend in the studio, painting & making collagraphs, but also taking daily hikes. (My spouse’s family is coming later this week + work is about to get way busy. Gotta get it while I can!)

I napped most of August. Needed it.

From the weekend, got in a little studio time, catching up on orders and carving the cover for the next @bloofbooks.bsky.social chapbook. Hope to proof the block today. It will have some variable inking. Edition of 150. #printmaking #bookarts #bloofbooks #poetrychapbooks

Gaslit by my bedtime tea lol

Destroying a corporate memoir called The History of Equitable. (There’s a poemlet with this on Instgram.)

Need a tee that says PLZ DONT EXPECT MUCH

yes, it is true! with a very kind blurb from madison mc cartha! my first volume of visual/collage poetry in over a decade…ships to where you are, too, yes you!

I’ve been home 2 wks from the 3-wk emergency, but still feeling residual exhaustion. It’s not physical (I hiked 15 miles on Monhegan + daily whatevering). It’s like a dimmer or curtain across my mind. Starting to get frustrated, but trying to rest. I think I went so hard, 🧠 like g o s l o w.

Thunderstorm rolling through Midcoast & Downeast. We’ve needed it. Enjoy. ⛈️⛈️⛈️

in twoish weeks, i will be giving the first in-person poetry reading i have been able to do in seven years! folks in chicagolandia, if you know me well enough to contact me privately, i can also get you the address.

Coordinating Momma’s rideshares to appointments and back is like playing a crappy video game.

Home improvement projects take 7 times longer than the video, because they know where all the tools are.

My spouse told me a story I’d never heard, rarely possible after all these years. A church camp pastor challenged him to a tennis match. “I beat him, but then I got in trouble for wearing an Iron Maiden half shirt.” Guy threw a fit 😂

Random woman on this plane tried to tell me she was saving an overhead compartment spot for her husband (who had not boarded yet), and that I could not use it. Guess how that turned out.

Today’s airplane opinion: Meat is not a snack

Kissing the mossy, evergreen-scented, sea-salty ground when I finally reach Maine today

Bless Mel & her poems & her ukulele & all her other charms ❤️

TX will not let me leave. Been in this gawdforsaken airport since 8:30 a.m.

Not sleeping. Fretting about leaving her. Will call the nurse as soon after dawn as is decent.

Cannot wait to ditch this 103 degree heat wave

There’s a service-minded visit/chore/ride service for seniors & disabled folks in TX Metroplex that is excellently filling a gap in care options. Super impressed so far, and so grateful to the folks doing this work. Relieving so much hassle & worry re: my mom right now. (We need it in Maine!)

This book rules... wonderful collages by @shannacompton.bsky.social

this cover rules @shannacompton.bsky.social www.blacksquareeditions.org/books/p/deep...

I offered to take my momma to lunch tomorrow, after she is done with her church service. We have very different taste in cuisine, but she looked at me hopefully and said, “Does Luby’s have vegan?” “I can manage, I’m sure.” “Great. I’m getting liver & onions.” The End.

So I’m reading a Dan Chaon novel

that’s why it hurts

Honey, this book is so beautiful that I've put it on a platform just to gaze at for a while... Yes, it's PLANETARIA, the new book by Monica Ong🌌🌠

If you need me, I’m in the garden encouraging the tomatoes

Flying out again tomorrow. It is gonna be a very intense week (or more) dealing with my mom’s care situation on multiple levels. I’ve got help, but some good wishes would not hurt!

The level of day to day care/crisis management for 8 mos has made me boring! It’s often all I can do or think about or talk about for days at a time. I cannot wait to get back some brain space and time.