Watermark

Abigail [an old poem]

A woman and her harp have taken up residence
in my basement. I stand, vibrating, at the top
of the stairs. She embraces the pale, shimmering
wood. Each small and perfect note reverberates
off tile walls, stone floors, stained-glass windows.

She carried her music across the sea, from green
to dry land. She howls to train her voice, intones
medieval chants. Coyote, cowled monk. The sunroom
is a wood, the kitchen a cathedral. She cuts
her fingernails to triangles. She sits on the dark

curved stool, plucking sapphires and rubies from red
and blue wires. She sings a ritual of attrition, a descant
on the domestic hum of ordinary life -- luminous,
visible, an iceblink of transcendent sound. The buddha
in the window smiles. His long earlobes quiver.

Friday Cat Blogging

[This post is the last in the Friday Cat Blogging 3 category; the next cat post will inaugurate the Friday Cat Blogging 4 category. See also Friday Cat Blogging 1 and Friday Cat Blogging 2. ]

Friday Ark
Carnival of the Cats
Carnival of the Dogs
Montana Bloggers' Rascal Fair

tulip

Not well. Back soon.

Blogger Interviews

Melanie  is doing a series of interviews with bloggers, and today she published her interview with me. I discovered Chandrasutra shortly after I started blogging, and it has been on my favorites list ever since. I am delighted to be so honored.

Since I've had the questions for some time, I resisted reading the other interviews until I'd finished answering; I feared I would lose my own way. So I've just had the pleasure of  reading the thoughts of a varied, knowledgeable, and articulate group of bloggers, some of whom I'd not previously discovered.

If you are interested in writing, blogging, journalism, and the intersections among them, go check it out.

Spring Blogging

Clicking takes you to the Flickr photo page

I've been having fun with my camera lately, and getting more skilled with it, I think. Spring is a great time to be learning -- so much to look at!

Though I haven't been writing much, I have been thinking about Watermark, and about blogging -- partly due to the recent complaint about loading time, and partly in response to Chandrasutra's questions. This morning, I received an encouraging message:

Congratulations! Watermark has been nominated as a Blogs By Women Favorite Arts & Entertainment Blog!

Voting lasts for one week; you can vote for Watermark here -- or, of course, for one of the other nominees: