This Blog, Award nomination, Beowulf, and a Timely Article

Life changes, so must the blog. But I've always wanted the blog to be about deep-current human issues rather than the surface stirrings of gossip and wonders of the moment. I wanted discuss, not exhaust, topics.

I should be more consistent with a post on Friday (poetry) and one on Monday (fiction). If I have something small or extra, I'll slip it between on Wednesday. This seems a manageable schedule.

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In 2019, I had few publications, but this brief one at quatrain fish was recommended for a Pushcart prize. If you page down, there should be another brief poem. They came from my long days and nights of driving around the countryside.

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A professor opines that Beowulf may not have English origins.

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George Packer at The Atlantic Monthly penned this glorious article about the downward trend of American Letters and points at what he sees as the culprit.