What Fun!

What I did at the Northumberland Festival of the Arts: I wrote a flash poem at Dane Swan’s Writing Our Shadows workshop. I started a long contemplated memoir at Cynthia Reyes’ and Carol Shaw’s memoir workshop. After untold eons, I picked up a paintbrush and made a painting with Ixchel Suarez’s Fall Inspiration. Since the…

Why Poetry? by Kate Rogers

A lot of writers and artists make Northumberland County home! One important reason my husband and I chose to settle here after two decades abroad is the many poets and visual artists who practice their craft here. What is poetry? According to Margaret Atwood, “Poetry is condensed emotion.” Poets often focus on epiphanies—flashes of understanding…

Meet the Faces behind NFOTA: Anne-Marie Burrus

Anne-Marie (mia) Burrus serves on NFOTA’s Finance Committee Who are you? I live in the country north of Cobourg in a restored one-room schoolhouse, making occasional forays into Toronto, where I continue to provide accounting services for various charities.  I am a new grandmother.   I write and create under my nickname, Mia, and published a…