"This Was a Good Idea in my Head," Actually Was a Spectacular Idea. A Humpday Where I Had Similar Ideas

It's actually coming together. A week from Saturday, and a year from the original plan, we'll be implementing the first-ever Northeast Writing Project conference, a consortium of sites who were knocked down my Covid and finally able to find success in an online format.

I've been awaiting contributions from collaborators to put together an Ignite, a five-minute, 20-slide pechakucha-esque overview of partnership between #UNLOAD, CWP, and Guns in the Hands of Artists. That's how I spent much of Wednesday: putting together the audio clips sent to me. Yes, Nikki, I agree. It was a good idea in my head.

I spent my morning in Webinars from the State of Connecticut about potential summer work, then jumped into digital land to piece together our little story. 

In the meantime, the #verselove challenge, #day28, was to find an object and help its story and memory come alive. I looked up, saw Nikki's Christmas gifts - two paintings she made with her love and effort, and I knew I would write about them. They are colorful and alive, just like her, and (although she apologized for her art work) I realized the greatest gift is actually her. So, she's the poem.