http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog stripped down and hopefully spam free for now Thu, 07 May 2009 01:57:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you know Else Minarik's Little Bear (the original series of four linked illustrated stories for small children, not the sequels) you probably think of it as a cute, warm story-- certainly that's what I expected when Jessie brought it home for Nathan, and that's right as far as it ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=676 http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=672 Another new post on the literary-professional-poetry blog, where posts wholly literary, professional, poetry-related, or academic will henceforth go. (This one's a thank-you to recent poets who read here, to the former student who sent me a really promising book, a heads-up about my upcoming event in Glasgow, and a plea ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=670 Yesterday... me: "What are you thinking about?' Nathan: "I'm not thinking about anything." Me: "I'm thinking about spaceships." (We're still enjoying the Martians.) Nathan: "No you're not. You're thinking about French horns and trumpets and tubas and bass guitars and pianos and, and drums, and violins!" Today (as we walked across an icy parking ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=664 This meme has been tearing through Facebook like a wildfire. Thought I might as well share my response here since I've been simply awful about blogging lately... Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=663 Nathan really, really liked the pizza we ended up having from his birthday. So did we. We recommend Stone Hearth Pizza, a regional chain which claims to use almost entirely regional ingredients. I'm in no position to recommend-- but thought you-all might want to know about-- new work of mine: on ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=661 Nathan turns three today! It seems like just weeks, sometimes, since we brought our little guy home from the hospital-- and now he speaks in complex sentences, distinguishes conifers from deciduous trees, and asks us whether sushi is Chinese (for informational purposes only, I suspect-- for all his curiosity about ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=659 Do not invite Steve on your show. He has the kiss of death. First Bryant Park Project (where he was brought in for his expertise on NCAA Women's Basketball), now Weekend America (where he read a poem about cocktails mere days before the show was canned). Sure, you could blame ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=658 Ten days ago we were in Puerto Vallarta. We recommend it. Five days ago we were in Connecticut for Christmas. It is a very good thing that we can now see Jessie's family without having to board (or pay to board) an airplane. There was warmth. And fun. And presents, especially ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=657 It's called Close Calls with Nonsense, not coincidentally named for my forthcoming book about contemporary poetry. You can expect to find my impromptu thoughts on contemporary poetry-- and on other contemporary bookish matters-- there, starting with this neat Web discovery. Sometimes posts there will be posted here, too; sometimes not. Nonliterary ... http://www.accommodatingly.com/newblog/?p=656