Yesterday my online essay workshop wrapped up. It was a lovely first foray into that teaching environment, and I'm looking forward to starting the next one: 8 weeks of poetry, beginning on March 25. Sign up! It will be so fun! Just ask the essay writers!

This afternoon I'll be reading with a group of other women poets at Alumni Hall at the University of New England's Portland campus, 3-5 p.m. In the meantime Tom will be grouting the kitchen floor--yet another exciting homeowner development.

In other news: sauce bolognese, hot black coffee, Jane Austen's Persuasion, a crossword puzzle, four daffodils, a dissatisfied cat, a red bathrobe, a stopped clock.