by Annaliese | Jul 14, 2022 | PRESENCE: Designs for Living, Uncategorized, Writing Blog
Owlsboro Road, my road in Mt. Chase, Maine Going through old papers, I find that I’ve written so much. So much more than I ever thought. Some of it was published (really, I wrote all that for Maine Times, for Maine Public, for this and that and that!?). But most of it...
by Annaliese | May 22, 2022 | PRESENCE: Designs for Living, Uncategorized, Writing Blog
The anthology Breaking Bread is finally out—well, almost. The official release date from Beacon Press is 5/24. But I already have my contributor copies. It’s a beautiful book, physically and storily (which is definitely a word I just made up). So much gratitude to...
by Annaliese | Feb 5, 2022 | PRESENCE: Designs for Living, Uncategorized, Writing Blog
For years I had the privilege of having monthly conversations with incredible people creating work (visual, literary, dance, music) that expands and deepens this world we live in. Everyone approaches their work differently, some with that intention, others not. It...
by Annaliese | Jan 12, 2022 | Essays, PRESENCE: Designs for Living, Uncategorized, Writing Blog
In this cold snap I am reminded of all the people who have no home and of an essay I wrote for Bangor Metro some years ago in a very cold January. At that time, I hadn’t heard from my brother for quite a while. He would never call if he were using, only when he...
by Annaliese | Jan 2, 2022 | PRESENCE: Designs for Living, Uncategorized, Writing Blog
Oh, our similarities, binding us across the globe and time whether we know it or not. But knowing would help for the future of our world. This is my grandson (12, taken this summer after not having seen him physically for almost 2 years). It’s one of a series I...
by Annaliese | Nov 20, 2021 | Poetry, Uncategorized
— after Giant by Mark Bradford 2007 (torn pasted papers) @Museum of Modern Art Do not be misled by tiny broken bones that lookincapable of holding a teacupfrom your mother’s old set ofchina or a matchstick,the pretense of privacy,luminarias, buckets of...
