Signed up to join some old rugby teamies for the NorCal Tough Mudder in September. A grueling test of physical, mental, and emotional fitness. Why? Because it looks like fun, because I get to play with teammates again, because I can use a good challenge and because it supports the Wounded Warrior Project. And you are invited to support the Wounded Warrior Project also by donating on my behalf. Click here.
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Sniff, sniff, is that poo?
Who? The dog or the baby?
Don’t think it matters.
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Today’s Haiku
Movement suspended/
Birdbath prison leaves and seeds/
Time waits rising warmth
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Five line verse
Gogyohka (pronounced in four syllables with all hard g’s, as in “good”) literally translates as “five-line verse”. It is an evolution of the great Japanese tradition of short verse, but unlike its predecessors Haiku and Tanka, it has no fixed syllable pattern. There are also no conventions governing content and no assumptions about what is considered to be appropriately “poetic” language. Indeed Gogyohka’s accessibility and its power to speak directly to the heart and mind stem from the simplicity of its form, its frequent use of the everyday vernacular and the unwritten rule that almost any subject matter is game.
– from Gogyohka Junction
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Today’s Haiku
Feeding, flits away
Follow dropping morsels in
Toddler dinner time
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Today’s Haiku
Technology sucks –
Pulling blinders upon us
The seasons pass by
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>Victoria A. Hudson Emerging Writer Scholarship at the San Francisco Writers Conference
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Announcing the winners of the Victoria A. Hudson Emerging Writer Scholarships in Fiction, Non-fiction and Poetry for the San Francisco Writers Conference 2011: Fiction:
Randall E. Hosilyk- Laguna Woods, CA
Nonfiction:
H. Rachelle Graham- Taylorsville, Utah
Poetry:
Breean Lowe- Castro Valley, CA
The following writers were runner-ups. There is no prize however they are congratulated for the excellence of their submissions:
Elisa Garcia- Missouri City, TX
Hilary Smith- Venice, CA
Allison Moon- Oakland, CA
Kristy Shelton- Napa, CA
Ulla Mentzel- Novato, CA
Each year Victoria A. Hudson sponsors three scholarships for cost of registration to attend the San Francisco Writers’ Conference, one each in Fiction, Non-fiction, and Poetry. This year there were over 30 entries. Each writer submits a short essay and a sample of their work. Initial selections are based upon the quality and content of the essay with final selections or tie breaker based upon the quality of the writer’s submitted work.
All writers that submitted work for consideration are due acknowledgement and congratulations for entering and sharing their writing. This is the first year that the quality of submissions warranted recognition of runner up writers as well as the selected winners. While the runner ups receive no prize, the quality of their work is recognized.
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>San Francisco Writers Conference 2010
>This weekend is the San Francisco Writers Conference and that’s where I’ll be all weekend. On Sunday I’ll be part of a panel discussing writers groups and will talk about how to effectively give feedback in a writers’ group and on the page.
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Vicki Hudson 