Tweeting the Season: Listening to Aaron Copeland’s Appalachian Spring. Outside leaves fall from trees like rain. Maybe this song was meant for #autumn. — Ashley K. Warren (@ajoybliss) October 12, 2016 Poet-ing: I competed in my first Slam Poetry Competition. An absolutely fabulous night. I think I’m more of a poet-for-the-page, but the experience was well … Continue reading Things of the Week 10/12/16
Listening to: Lady Gaga. In a recent episode, the hosts of Switched On Pop fall down a musical rabbit hole describing the ways in which Gaga’s music depicts both the “fame” and the “monster,” (complete with aural comparisons to Phantom of the Opera) and I’m like //giphy.com/embed/95ZYXmOCd9BBK via GIPHY Drinking: Decaf cardamom lattes at Annex Coffee House and … Continue reading Things of the Week 10/05/16
Small Pleasures: When you get more marshmallows in your cereal than you expected. View this post on Instagram Look at all those marshmallows! Goodbye Lucky Charms, hello off-brand cereal. #yummy #snack A post shared by Ashley K Warren (@ajoybliss) on Sep 8, 2016 at 4:32pm PDT Awesome Thing I Saw on the Internet: Artist Adds Monsters … Continue reading Things of the Week 9/21/16
Nature: My weekend included a hike near the Woodbine Falls area of the Beartooth Mountains. I love that this trail winds along the river for the first half a mile or so. It’s beautiful and loud–the sound of the water definitely clears the mind. Watched: Street Fight–a documentary by Marshall Curry about Cory Booker’s 2002 campaign … Continue reading Things of the Week 9/7/16
Made up word: un-bungler–a person who is a fixer but isn’t as badass as Olivia Pope Current Obsessions: recipes I can make from things grown in my garden, bergamot oil, the TV show Superstore Trying: Ekphrastic poetry. I’m collaborating with local artist Michelle Dyk to create poetry from some of her beautiful collage work. A … Continue reading Things of the Week 8/31/16
Thing I’m Sharing: Giving up alcohol opened my eyes to the infuriating truth about why women drink by Kristi Coulter, August, 21 2016 on Quartz Watched: The Imitation Game–appreciated this film, especially the soundtrack. Found myself somewhat distracted by images that reminded me of some cast members in other movies with a WWII or pre WWII setting. … Continue reading Things of the Week 8/25/16
Funny: The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day I Woke Up as a Debut Author: Jade Sharma Tries to be Happy About the Publication of PROBLEMS August 4, 2016 on Literary Hub Alfred Hitchcock’s, The Birds: Was awoken by a flock of sparrows battling in a tree directly outside my bedroom window. Went to the bathroom and discovered one had … Continue reading Things of the Week 8/10/16
