My annual presentation at Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site (Vachel House) every year since the first year the event was hosted has been special to me. Only Christmas (another birthday, wouldn’t you know) is more important to me, and Vachel’s birthday has repaid my focus with far more personal satisfaction. During the early years [...]
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The Poet “Spoke” at Vachel House November 7
Posted in arts, poetry, writing on November 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Vachel’s Birthday, TWO Gallery Receptions and Classical Music Saturday, November 7
Posted in arts, poetry, writing on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday, I will see and interact with more good people than most folks engage in a decade of Thanksgivings and Christmases. Here is my clarion call for Honey & Quinine readers 60 miles or closer to Springfield, Illinois to engage some or all of what follows . . .
Starting at 10:30 at Vachel Lindsay [...]
To Know One
Posted in arts, poetry, writing on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To Know One
By Job Conger
I will never understand how your friend’s baby shower
Went to pieces over coconut cake.
I will never understand how my nephew got sick
After digging up clams at the lake.
But I do understand your arm linked to mine
And a future that I teasure so.
With your hand holding mine, I share something divine.
That’s all [...]
Poetry Open Mic Thursday, Springfield
Posted in arts, poetry, writing on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been close to three years since the group formerly known as Poets & Writers Literary Forum of Springfield welcomed all comers to an evening of poetry at a local restaurant. On Thursday, many members of the formerly-known-as group reborn as Springfield Poets and Writers aaaaaaaaand members of Women Writers Group invite all so inclined to [...]
Celebrate Vachel Lindsay’s 130th Birthday Saturday November 7
Posted in arts, poetry, writing on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the official news release from the Illinois Historic Prservation agency:
SPRINGFIELD – The 130th birthday of poet, author and artist Vachel Lindsay will be celebrated Saturday, November 7 with a special event at his Springfield home that is free and open to the public.
The Vachel Lindsay Birthday observance will be held [...]
Grim Awakening
Posted in writing on November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Before Jim Houston’s fab classical music show began on UIS this morning came the unhappy news that the USA has changed its mind regarding Israel continuing to build settlements in territory where it should not be on the West Bank. If I had been Ron Reagan, I’d have said, “Now DARN it, Izzyreel, there you [...]
Now Appearing in Illinois Times
Posted in arts, writing on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I picked up a copy of Illinois Times as I entered the Route 66 Diner across from The Granite Guy for breakfast Saturday morning, I was saddened to realize no one had taken a copy from the entryway display rack since Friday about 2 pm. HOW, you may asq, did I know this? I [...]
Lingorant #6 — If You’re Just Joining Us . . . .
Posted in writing on October 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If you’re just joining us, you’re reading Honey & Quinine where I’m sharing a lingorant. If you’re not just joining us, crows north of the equator sing “Melancholy Baby” in the key of C-sharp and crows south of the equator sing it counter-clockwise; rootabagas are the national fruit of Blamarka, and Jerry Smoke is frading [...]
A New Time Groove for Scrubs
Posted in writing on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Probably the best change to come to Channel 55 Fox TV programming with the new season has been the disappearance of the Jim Belushi show at midnight weekdays, a/k/a The World According to Jim. The writing was solid and the cast was excellent; I just thought Robert Young did a better job with “Father Knows [...]
Cold Comfort
Posted in writing on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a week since I took my computer to PC Doctor on Amos to be cleansed of viruses and spyware, and during that week I’ve been asking monself: What good is Norton and AdAware. given the fact I still have an $80 payment due late this week to get my computer back? It took [...]
