Rants of the Newly Old

1. I wanted to go to the outdoor exercise/dance class in my neighborhood this morning — I haven’t been since the fall ...

(from my datebook—EDITED) March 10 , I attend a performance of Hamilton as a guest of a friend. March 11 , I ride the subway for the ...

            Yesterday   I was in my first Zoom gathering. The Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon , created and organized by the incom...

            This afternoon I went to a Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, a workshop led by Peggy Robles-Alvara...

            A week ago I was at a writing community I’m part of, Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Every month, t...

            I’ve been going to a monthly poetry salon for about six years. JP Howard is the founder of Women Writers...

On Sunday, I attended a Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon in Brooklyn(link). Nandi Kaye led us through a mental, then we wrote, then we w...

Thank you, JP Howard, and Samiya Bashir, and the Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon for your organizing and energy and support. I have not ...

            Communities of writers are wonderful and necessary. They nurture and provoke, engage and challenge. They can take many forms:...