by Carol Jane Morrison | Jul 18, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File July 2017 Essay: “Let Freedom Ring” LET FREEDOM RING I don’t know exactly when I began flinching at the sight of an American flag. I know it’s been since last November’s election, as I’ve watched civil rights crushed and...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jun 16, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File June 2017 Essay: “Bustin’ Out” BUSTIN’ OUT Dogwoods are blooming among the cedars and alders and cottonwoods across our river. Rhodys sport clusters big as cabbages. Buds on our rosebushes are fat, about to pop. They’re doing...
by Carol Jane Morrison | May 18, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File May 2017 Essay: “Oh, Goody!” OH, GOODY! On the wall in the coffee room at the Sylvia Beach Hotel in Newport, WA, hangs a three by three foot display in a simple black frame filled with squares, each square representing two letters of the...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Apr 18, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File April 2017 Essay: “April Fool” APRIL FOOL “A poem prompt a day,” Two Sylvias Press advertised for April, National Poetry Month. “Only fourteen dollars.” I’ll do anything within reason these days to fill my psyche with creativity rather than...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Mar 14, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File March 2017 Essay: “Finding My Voice” FINDING MY VOICE I had my first private voice lesson yesterday. I stood beside the piano as my teacher, Annmarie, an exuberant blonde, played a scale, my feet placed apart as instructed, shoulders back, chest...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Feb 23, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File February 2017 Essay: “The Same Stuff” THE SAME STUFF Yesterday morning, at our newfound Methodist Church, Ed and I sang “Let There Be Peace on Earth”, the music and my heart filled with longing. At home, over tomato soup and grilled cheese...
