Amy Rea
@amyrea
47 is not my president. Writer, knitter, walker, parent, dog person who drops more F bombs the older she gets. Married and not looking so just don't. She/her
for Day 11 of the #SealeyChallenge, I reread the beautiful but heartbreaking Saint Agnostica by Anya Krugovoy Silver, completed just before her death from cancer. So much beauty, so much pain, and even moments of joy and happiness.
For day 10 of the #SealeyChallenge, I went old school. These poems beg to be read aloud and are a great reminder that Emily Bronte wrote more than Wuthering Heights.
Day 9 of the #SealeyChallenge: Kelli Russell Agodon's Accidental Devotions, a beautiful, thoughtful, and even sometimes funny look at searching for meaning in the days of Alexa, text messages, and climate change. (Emily Dickinson is repeatedly referenced.)
Here I give you what I think is the most unique version of marketing tied to MN State Fair foods I've ever seen:
For day 8 of the #SealeyChallenge, this beautiful book. The images are gorgeous. Do I know what they all mean? Probably not. Don't care.
Think you don't like poetry? Maybe you just haven't found the right poem. Day 6 #SealeyChallenge: Kate Baer's I Hope This Finds You Well is a collection of erasure poems using actual messages she's gotten from people on the internet.
Day 6 of the #sealeychallenge is Annie Lighthart's luminous Pax, a great read in these trying times. I love this particular poem and feel it pairs well with Maggie Smith's Good Bones.
#SealeyChallenge, day 5: Kitchen Hymns by Pádraig Ó Tuama. An extended investigation into faith, part of which involves conversations between Christ and Persephone.
Day 4 of the #SealeyChallenge: A Woman Looks Over Her Shoulder by Icelandic poet Brynja Hjalmsdottir, translated by Rachel Britton. Spare, harrowing poems.
Day 3 of #SealeyChallenge is Valerie Martinez's Each and Her. Hard to excerpt this one, as all the poems contribute to the devastating story of Mexican women murdered near the US border.
For day 2 of #SealeyChallenge, since Facebook memories keeps showing me photos from when we were in Iceland this time last year, it seemed only fitting to reread this fun book of poems I bought there.
Last night's dinner: Sweet corn, the way my dad liked it--with bacon grease instead of butter.
Day 1 of #TheSealeyChallenge : A Little White Shadow by Mary Ruefle, erasure poems from an 1889 book of the same title by Emily Malbone Morgan. Lovely.
Welp, starting tomorrow, I'm going to give this challenge a try: www.thesealeychallenge.com They're kind enough to offer ways to adjust the challenge if a book a day doesn't work. In the meantime, here are some of the books I plan on reading. Which would you choose first?
Enjoy your World Cup! I'm in my happy place, live music followed by a production of Chekhov's The Bear at the Museum of Russian Art.
Not sure if I should be flattered or insulted that my daughter thought I should get this game
There were some interesting ideas in the 1980s about what would make a fun card game.