Originally posted on Drunken Owl Theatre:
(November 13, 2022) In a fun-filled night of full dramatic productions, poetry, and song, Drunken Owl Theatre pulled off its most ambitious evening yet at our home in Jules Maes Saloon, Seattle. For a sample, below a video link to the third play of the evening, “Vagabond Lives of…
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CC’s Interview Series: Pamela Hobart Carter (Writer, Poet, Playwright, Artist) February 2020
Originally posted on Steps In Between:
Welcome to another CC’s Interview Series, where once again I am settled in my own city of Seattle. This time I am honored (and quite honestly, ecstatic) to be with writer and artist, Pamela Hobart Carter. I was the luckiest of hopeful writers, back in 2017, when seated next…
The rails of the printed page
Library Love from Claudia Castro Luna, WA State Poet Laureate Washington State Poet Laureate This week libraries across the country are celebrating National Library Week. We all have read, or heard, stories of how libraries have literary saved people’s lives. Those lives were perhaps mired in difficulty and libraries offered a way to engage with new…
Why Read MINDING THE MUSE, A Handbook for Painters, Composers, Writers, and Other Creators by Priscilla Long, if you have read The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, and such?
Minding the Muse, A Handbook for Painters, Composers, Writers, and Other Creators by Priscilla Long, Coffeetown Press, Seattle, 2016 Priscilla Long’s slim handbook for artists suggests ways to refl… Source: Why Read MINDING THE MUSE, A Handbook for Painters, Composers, Writers, and Other Creators by Priscilla Long, if you have read The Artist’s Way by…
The Weird Rules of Adjective Order
Native speakers may not know these rules exist. We have learned them by ear. English language learners will sound more fluent if they practice this adjective order: place (first, last, next …) quantity or number opinion/quality (general before specific) size, length, height … temperature age condition (spotless, shiny, new …) shape color origin/nationality material (wood, paper,…
Seattle Sights to See Now—for immigrants, long-time residents, and visitors: MOOD INDIGO
Mood Indigo: Textiles From Around the World, a wonderful show including indigo-dyed textiles from Africa and worker clothing from France and Japan at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill. There is a fabulous new giant cloth sculpture hanging from the ceiling. You can walk into it and be surrounded by blue….
Who Invented Memorial Day, and What does Memorial Day mean now?
The post office closes. Banks close. Schools take the day off. Stores mount sales. It is a national holiday. On Memorial Day most families relax, maybe out of town because Memorial Day always falls on a Monday and gives us a three-day weekend. Most Americans plan for Memorial Day as they do for any…
Elena Hartwell interviewed me! (Pam)
Spotlight on writer and scientist, Pamela Hobart Carter Pam grew up in Montreal. A geologist by training, Pam taught everything from preschool to science pedagogy for thirty years. She practices timed writing with two Seattle groups. With Arleen Williams, she founded No Talking Dogs Press which puts out short books in easy English for immigrants. She is…
Abiding by a New Year’s Resolution
Arleen Williams, No Talking Dogs partner, emailed me to say we were accepted as presenters at the Regional ESL conference
Elena Hartwell & No Talking Dogs Press
As I head off to the Tri-TESOL conference to present No Talking Dogs: Easy Literature for Adults, I am pleased to share an interview with Elena Hartwell on Arc of a Writer. Elena began her interview with a question about writing easy novels for adults learning to read English. It was a pleasure to explain…
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