Even after a week of walking in the Sierra; even after one wearies of dirtying the same few clothes worn throughout the day and throughout the week, day after day, even after one's spouse expresses her weariness with the same clothes, and even when the tent begins to feel look and cramped…there's a nostalgia thatContinue reading “Last Night on the Trail”
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Camping in Manhattan
Via a photographer named Matthew Jensen, a site/exhibition called Nowhere in Manhattan includes pictures of verdant, lonely camping spots in and around one of the most populated lands on the planet. Reminds me of seeing the poet Gary Snyder a few years back, at a reading in Santa Monica of his collection No Nature,Continue reading “Camping in Manhattan”
Coal Burning Declines in US, Emissions Follow
From two different sources — the Wall Street Journal, and the Energy Information Agency — we see how the recession has impacted the coal industry, with an attendant decline in greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. From the WSJ, a story about the big energy firm Dynergy, which apparently was expecting big growth under aContinue reading “Coal Burning Declines in US, Emissions Follow”
STDs Hit One Quarter of Young American Women
That statistic comes from my story in the Ventura County Reporter of a couple of weeks ago. Anyone sexually active and unattached should read the story, I dare say. Even if you think you know everything you need to know about STDs, I can pretty much guarantee you don't, having discussed it with a numberContinue reading “STDs Hit One Quarter of Young American Women”
In the Footsteps of Mary Oliver
In The New York Times, Mary Duenwald visits the woods near Provincetown, on the afar tip of Cape Cod. This is a land the poet Mary Oliver has made her own, with her soft, limpid, inviting poems. Duenwald almost literally follows in the footsteps of Oliver, just as Oliver herself once followed in the footstepsContinue reading “In the Footsteps of Mary Oliver”
A Way to Live Through Time (what is poetry)
The summer issue of Poetry is truly spectacular, including many of the greatest American poets alive today (Hoagland, Hirschfield, Merwin) and some startling newcomers (including my former Antioch/MFA classmate Vanessa Place). But best of all may be an autobiography in poem, by John Koethe, which is not only unforgettable, but includes a simply great definitionContinue reading “A Way to Live Through Time (what is poetry)”
Kit Stolz 