Defined By Negatives: October 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Remember:

There's nothing you can say that hasn't been said.

However--some things bear repeating.

Monday, October 20, 2008

So I found out over the weekend that one of my sonnets has been accepted for publication in Dreams and Nightmares, a long-running and well-respected sci-fi/fantasy poetry magazine! No word yet on which issue will contain my versification, nor the publication date, but still, I'm well chuffed. More as information becomes available!

In the Pumpkin Patch

Here's me, getting in the spirit of the season this weekend at the Schaefers and Collins Pumpkin Patch in Mayflower, Arkansas:

I question the sincerity of this pumpkin patch.

There were funnel cakes, hot dogs, a corn maze (which cost $7 to get lost in, so I did not partake--I can get lost in downtown Little Rock on my own, thanks), and a hay ride to a decidedly picked-over pumpkin patch that looked like it had been re-stocked at least once or twice, of necessity. Still, it was a good time, and nice to get out in the sunshine and select the best pumpkin for spooky portraiture. Also, the ghosts and spider skeletons hanging from the trees on the ride out were fun and gave me some ideas for decorations of my own. Whether I act on them or not is another matter.

Happy Halloween!