Visited Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium on Saturday afternoon. Some photos and commentary: One of the big draws is the pair of massive whale sharks. This is from a tube beneath which one swims, with rays. Here’s the tail of the large fellow, who always had a school of yellow fish (see below) with him. This is [...]

… of the Hilton Atlanta: No report on AWP this year, though I’m here, and enjoying myself muchly. Writing about other things—the implications of circular and linear time on a secular man and his family, as evidenced in their winter trip to Alamos, Sonora, for example.

I’m looking forward to seeing lots of old (and new) friends at the annual AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 1-3, 2007. I’m chairing and participating in the “What’s the Conversation Rate of Euros? Americans Publishing Abroad” panel on Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. [...]

While researching theories on linear and cyclical time for an essay I’m working on, I came across Andreas Lloyd’s blog, Og så alligevel… which is Danish for “and yet in spite of all.” Andreas has written an interesting paper titled “Technology and Western Perception of Time.” On his blog, though, I found a link to [...]

Okay kiddies, scrabble out right now and purchase the April 2007 (yes, it’s at newsstands now) issue of Writer’s Digest, where you’ll find a lovely little article/interview series by Michael J. Vaughn titled “Poetic Sustenance.” The tagline: “Don’t be shy about getting your poetry out into the world. Here, four renowned poets weigh in on [...]

It’s time to step it up, don’t you think? Participate in the National Day of Climate Action on April 14. Learn more at http://www.stepitup2007.org/.

We got a whopping three inches of snow down here in the Sonoran desert last night—not quite breaking a 30-year record but still among the heaviest drops in quite some time. Yesterday afternoon started out thusly: By morning: So I grabbed the girls and we headed out for a morning of fun, the long way [...]

It was another cool day here in the desert, and a perfect day, it turns out, for viewing wildlife at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, where my daughters and I spent the afternoon. Here, for your viewing pleasure, I present another of my photography inundations. These shots are courtesy my new 100-300 IS lens, which I [...]

Tired when I woke up in the morning yesterday, but that’s a given given this tight schedule of full-time work, grad school, and family. Despite that, though, yesterday was really a pretty great day: Got some problems solved at work, earning my keep. Attended my Literature of the Southwest course, taught by Fention Johnson. We [...]