Alert: the pre-pub sale period for A Habit of Landscape began June 12 and lasts until August 13 with discounts on the book and a chance to help the writer establish the number of copies to be printed. Please know this is not publish on demand but small, independent presses--particularly of poetry-- need to be able to project a reasonable run of books. You can order now at www.finishinglinepress.com. Click the menu for Products on the left, then select Advanced Copies and you will reach my page for...
Years ago I read an essay by Annie Dillard in the Atlantic. I wish I could remember the title, the date. But the point is one of her lines (and Dillard's essays were always poetic) has stayed with me all these years. The line went something like this: I felt like a bell just before it is struck. She was standing in a field--a simple act--when she experienced seeing in a new way. When I first read this line I immediately flashed to a collection of small bells,...
