Between Festivals: A Journal in Time of Pandemic and Lockdown
Experiences of Northumberland Writers and Artists
Photo by Skyler Smith from Unsplash Seriously. I may have asked for this awful time. My wife, who understands these things better than I do, says I always get what I ask for. Once again she may be right. Last year I looked up and saw the sky crisscrossed with a dozen contrails where jets had… Continue reading Blame Me for This Pandemic! It Is All My Fault by René Schmidt
There is a Message 4 U in Mail ChimpRichardson Road In The Cosmic Wind This morning, this bluebell, this bee-happy, this roadkill-dropped-into-the-organic-bin day, separating my trash facing the risen sun in point of shoe croc bound, in point of mind held to waste-separation tasks,… Continue reading A poem and photos by Ted Amsden
Photo by Rodion Kutsaev from Unsplash During this pandemic, staying informed is vital to our health, but being obsessed with the news, whether about covid19, the gong show that is American politics, politics in general, or a world in chaos—as it has been for generations, and will likely stay in for decades to come—is really… Continue reading Turning Down Social Media’s Volume by Mike Croucher
Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash Zooming in on steaming food set out on pretty plates, we eye each other’s offerings, recall advice from earlier years, “Watch out, your eyes are bigger than your belly!" No problem this year as we cannot reach to taste but only wonder at my daughter’s lentil bake swaddled in… Continue reading Thanksgiving Dinner, 2020 by Felicity Sidnell Reid
