WHERE'S THE HORSE TO THIS PUSHCART?

Just got nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  It's my gazillionth nomination (have lost track), but I never win.  I think I'm on my way to setting a record of sorts: The Most Nominated Loser.  I use the word "Loser" with fondness, of course -- it reminds me of Steve Martin saying to Meryl Streep that all of her Oscar nominations means she's lost the most.  (Except that Meryl's actually won an Oscar, I know, but work with Moi here...)

Anyway, thank you, poetry editors.  Without you, the establishment wouldn't ... establish.  Without you, I wouldn't be on my way to setting a new record!  Never mind the prize, as all master poetics-ians know: It's the Journey!  Onward!

'TIS THE SEASON!

The elves came out and helped Michael set up Tree festivities -- they're resting here:

Looks like Achilles needs a new frisbee.  Anyway, there are some themes grouped within areas of the Xmas trees, like ... Pueblo artifacts from New Mexico:

And skiing (my skiing days were over, so I thought, but then I ... got a son!):

And ... the GRINCH!

...which, of course, reminds when we went to see the musical last year, with Mom:

Good times ...

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR GALATEA RESURRECTS!

Due to recent travels, the deadline for Galatea Resurrects is extended to Dec. 1, but I'm likely to be able to keep taking reviews for another week past that if you let me know (email GalateaTen@aol.com).

BEAUTIFUL EYES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

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MORE INFORMATION on discounted pricings & free shipping over HERE!

R.I.P, BEATRIZ TILAN TABIOS (1930-2012)

Mom died peacefully and surrounded by much love in the Philippines.  I'm on my way there--will be offline through Nov. 24, 2012. 

I love you, Mom: You were not the goose who laid the golden egg.  You were the golden egg.

Mom was a first-time author at age 82.  Information about her book, DAWAC & Other Memoir-Narratives is HERE. 

FROM HER BIO IN DAWAC:

Beatriz Tilan Tabios, 82-years-old, received her B.A. with English as her major from the Silliman University in Dumaguete, Philippines. She developed her love for poetry as a sixth-grader reading Homer, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Alexander Pope, William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge while trying to survive World War II. She would further develop her appreciation for literature as a college student instructed by poet Edith Tiempo, the first woman to receive the title of National Artist for Literature in the Philippines. Critic and fictionist Dr. Edilberto Tiempo, then the head of Sillliman University’s English Department, encouraged Mrs. Tabios to continue her study of English and American literature. As a result, Mrs. Tabios wrote her Master of Arts thesis, one of the earliest investigations, regarding Filipino literature, of “(The Use of) Local Color in Short Stories in English.” Later, Mrs. Tabios taught English literature at Dagupan College (now University of Pangasinan) and University of Baguio, before becoming a teacher at Brent School, a boarding school initially built for children from U.S.-American military, missionary and gold-mining families stationed in the Far East.

NOTA BENE: IT'S POETRY PESOS!

Anytime you get a royalty check for poetry book sales, it's worth a pause to savor a miracle. 

Plus, it's for foreign sales--which sounds impressive, doesn't it, for poetry sales?

Granted, you do the currency translation and the sum of said royalty check is equivalent to U.S.$9.45.  Not likely to stop an IRS agent from snoring.  But when's the last time a poetry book got you a cuppa javva?

Poetry sales--always a giggle indeed....

SATURDAY NIGHT

is best spent hangin' out with moi posse, including ... Missy Scarlet and Achilles!

Dr. Doolitle is also somewhere in the house!