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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Day 8

We are applying for a home loan! Lots happened last weekend, and we are putting a bid on a HUD house close to Washburn. I am working on the loan through Envista. However, when I tried online I had a system error. I will need to go in this afternoon to complete paperwork.

Also, listening to the correct recordings from the Little House (LH) trip.

Finally, it hit me: the two books I am carrying around are ekphrastic poetry.

Diane Seuss' Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl
Lyn Melnick's Landscape with Sex and Violence

I also thought of a new series: Predators of Kansas.

My Google search returned these things (see below).

Things to do:
I should really send poems out soon.
As I had to cancel with Barbara because of the loan, to go to Gage Park for writing. It is rainy today, though.

I have a lot in the LH essay that needs editing. That will be the pain, but I know voice to text is the best way for me to get writing done. It will be a twenty page essay.


https://www.trails.com/list_1961_wildlife-in-kansas.html
The badger, the black-footed ferret, the striped skunk, the spotted skunk and the bobcat are all capable predators of the Kansas forests and plains.

Mammals of Kansas

https://kars.ku.edu/media/kufs/libres/Mammals_of_Kansas/list.html
Opossums, Shrews, Moles, Common Bats, Free-tailed Bats. Armadillos, Hares and Rabbits, Squirrels, Pocket Gophers, Pocket Mice and. Kangaroo Rats.

Public Offender Registry - Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Kansas.gov

https://www.kbi.ks.gov/registeredoffender/
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has established this website to ... 669 (1996), information for offenders who committed their offense prior to April 14, ...

Kansas City Wildlife in Kansas Snake Squirrel Mouse Rodent Pigeon ...

www.aaanimalcontrol.com/PROFESSIONAL-TRAPPER/.../KS-Kansas-City-Wildlife.h...
Mountain lions, black bears, grizzly bears, and gray wolves were all once native to Kansas but have since been extirpated. The largest predators in the state are now coyotes and bobcats with foxes and badgers bringing up the rear. Kansas is home to a number of small animals. This is especially true for rodents.

Upland Birds and Predators | NRCS Kansas - USDA

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ks/newsroom/features/?cid...
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Garden City, Kansas ... It is true that predators destroy many eggs and kill young and adult birds. After all, that is how ...

Predators - K-State Entomology - Kansas State University

https://entomology.k-state.edu › ... › Facts and Information on Beneficial Organisms
May 30, 2018 - Predators. Lacewings. Lacewings get their name from the large, membranous wings of the adults. The larvae are alligator-like with ...
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Monday, August 27, 2018

Day 7

Friday afternoon fell apart with the need to get home.

As I am waiting for the van to get checked, I am at work at Starbucks getting things done.

Before, I met with Cally Krallman today for a collaboration--an ekphrastic project. I emailed her with possible times to pick up her paitnings, leave her my books, and shared prairie poetry with her.

I worked on three poems: one on one of her pantings "A Walk in the Park," and two on the Our 1990's project.

I updated the Psychology of Poetics document. Requested three Gary Lachman books via interlibrary loan.

I (sadly) watched Hollow Man for my Venom and Predator essay. Took more notes for the essay, to relive what I must have watched for my birthday in 2000.

For Woodley, I finalized editing Andres Rodriguez's book and ordered copies.  

I worked a little on the LH essay, leading to the Independence, Kansas section.

Need to do:

I had the wrong recordings, so I will need to listen to recordings of my discussions for LH.

Work on the VatP essay during these releases:
September 14: The Predator is released
October 5: Venom is released
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Friday, August 24, 2018

Days 5 and 6

Yesterday, I laid out what is a second poem to the Our 1990s series.

This morning, I worked three hours on the Little House essay which grows larger by the moment. So much to include, but I went through a couple of books to add some of the details and research. I am using a Sarah Smarsh approach to story telling, not citing per se, but including as books I have consulted at the end of the essay.

This afternoon, I will listen to recordings of my discussions for LH, and watch Hollow Man for my Venom and Predator essay.




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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Days 3 and 4

After meeting with Barbara yesterday we decided to meet at Gage Park this coming Tuesday. We are going to do a Plein Air and sit together near the pond by the Rose Garden. She's going to take sketches and I'm going to do the immersion writing with a women centered approach drawing on archetypes in Mythos. I have noticed something happening every morning I wake up which is I'm inspired to write a few lines down which lead to a poem. I am writing a series of 1990s poems beginning with a response to one of Kevin's poems. Today I wrote my second one. As part of this I will need to free watch the movie singles.
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Day 2

I am putting the Psych of Poetics on hold for now. I will need to approach it with several implementation steps:

  • syllabus
  • semester plan day by day
  • pdf scans at office

I will need to add Ronda's visit, plans for the film, workshop discussions, etc. I emailed her today.

I also emailed MMLA of the panels I will be coordinating.


I worked on Little House, the Venom and the Predator essay, and look at pulling together Beyond. I will need to go through my notes from my journal to type them up.

Part of the Venom essay depended on revisting Hollow Man (2000) which I found on Vudu.



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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

AWP plans

For a Ichabods speak out
Poetry matters to 1st Gen students
Midwest publishing
Topeka poets
Psychology of Poetics
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Monday, August 13, 2018

Submitting this Fall

Presses

http://www.curbsidesplendor.com/about/
http://www.theoperatingsystem.org/


Lit Mags

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