I am in love with Tiny Hermione

and with Kate Beaton, more generally.

(oh, god, the hair is still hilarious)

Head south! Head south!

Thank the lord, it is springtime.

Two big things are happening next week!

I'll be at the 10th Anniversary of the Emerging Writers Festival in Lancaster, PA checking out the jubilee and checking in with my alma mater. Springtime in Lancaster is basically heaven, so expect lots of pictures of blossoming dogwood and cherry trees, fried donuts from the Amish, large organic martinis, and affordable vintage shops...and I'll throw in some words of wisdom from the "up-and-comers," a rad group of poets, novelists, journalists, and song writers. The year I helped coordinate the festival, I met Lauren Groff, Jay Kirk, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Cynthia Cruz, and Kevin Moffett, who have all gone on to lead super interesting careers and whom I am still compelled to check up on every once in awhile.

Then I'm rocketing back to Amherst (north!) for the Juniper Festival, where I'm very excited to see Sommer Browning and Timothy Donnelly read, especially. But more on that later.

(See that building? That is where I used to work. EVERY DAY. Sigh.)

(Just to compare, this is where I now work, photographed on a good day--i.e. no snow is falling.)