Upholding a Literary Tradition for the Third Year in a Row: Postcard Poems

For the past two years I hand sketched postcards for that most dreaded of holidays: St. Valentine’s Day.  I think I am one of the few people who insist on keeping the S-A-I-N-T on the holiday.  I don’t insist for religious reasons, more for tradition.  I am perfectly aware that the story of St. Valentine […]

Straight Crushes, Secret Admirers, What Drives You to the Keyboard?

Tonight, I saw one of my Bellingham crushes. I treasure my crushes. I pretend that they are secret, but my boyfriend knows. My friends know. Anyone standing near me when that boy walks by is sure to know. What does it mean to be headed toward my mid-thirties and still swooning over a handsome gent […]