by Carol Jane Morrison | May 18, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File May 2017 Essay: “Oh, Goody!” OH, GOODY! On the wall in the coffee room at the Sylvia Beach Hotel in Newport, WA, hangs a three by three foot display in a simple black frame filled with squares, each square representing two letters of the...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Apr 18, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File April 2017 Essay: “April Fool” APRIL FOOL “A poem prompt a day,” Two Sylvias Press advertised for April, National Poetry Month. “Only fourteen dollars.” I’ll do anything within reason these days to fill my psyche with creativity rather than...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Mar 14, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File March 2017 Essay: “Finding My Voice” FINDING MY VOICE I had my first private voice lesson yesterday. I stood beside the piano as my teacher, Annmarie, an exuberant blonde, played a scale, my feet placed apart as instructed, shoulders back, chest...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Feb 23, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File February 2017 Essay: “The Same Stuff” THE SAME STUFF Yesterday morning, at our newfound Methodist Church, Ed and I sang “Let There Be Peace on Earth”, the music and my heart filled with longing. At home, over tomato soup and grilled cheese...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jan 25, 2017 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File January 2017 Essay: “It’s All Material” IT’S ALL MATERIAL My jaw is clenched. When I awoke at three o’clock this morning, my teeth and gums throbbed. My shoulders are sore from tensing them. There’s a place in my chest...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Dec 19, 2016 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File December 2016 Essay: “Christmas Carol” CHRISTMAS CAROL Last night, like every December for thirty years, Ed called me “Christmas Carol”. I was struck by how sweet he sounded, and how his eyes still do this twinkly Santa thing. He calls me...
