Monthly Archives: May 2008

My aunt is paralyzed on her left side, after she suffered a stroke on the right side of her brain. While that side of her brain has been reported as dead, she has been able to respond to her husband … Continue reading →

If you read my Twitter account, then you know that my aunt Trudi, my father’s only sibling, had open heart surgery two days ago. She came out of it great, but had a stroke on Wednesday night. News from my … Continue reading →

If I’d done better research, I would have picked a different question 5 in my interviews with the mesh guys. Who are the mesh guys? The three founders of the mesh conference, Canada’s web conference, that I’m going to for … Continue reading →

“Pilcrow Lit Fest is nearly upon us. I need a little help wrangling a few final things: I need more booze and wine for the NOLA party. Or, a place to buy a bulk of it inexpensively on Pilcrow’s budget. … Continue reading →

March 11, 2004 I’m working in London where I manage an international student residence. We have 24 hour security and the guys who work nights and weekends are all Israeli. The weekend after the bombings in Madrid, I walk with … Continue reading →

This Memorial Day weekend, May 22-25, 2008, the Pilcrow Lit Fest in Chicago will do something very special for New Orleans. This new literary festival will hold a benefit inspired by the New Orleans Public Library’s ongoing efforts to rebuild. … Continue reading →

Yes. This Amy Guth . Talking about this Pilcrow Lit Fest With this blogger. And these other authors: Jason Pettus, Nick Ostdick, Jason Behrends, Jason Jordan and Tim Hall

A couple months ago, I spoke at the Yahoo! Shine launch on a panel with a number of other bloggers. I was fed a nice lunch, given a swag bag, some magazines and went on my way. Some women involved … Continue reading →

I spent a lot of time this evening winding my way around soul sistah Eve11′ s blog. She must have mentioned her Tsunami Anniversary trip on twitter today, so I went looking for it and read about her month in … Continue reading →

I’m not so sure I’d call it writer’s block, but I’ve had trouble writing lately. Good thing or bad thing, it’s the thing. At work I would rather pick up the phone than send an email. At night I’d rather … Continue reading →