Here’s a milestone passed:  On Monday night, I mailed in my final packet for my MFA program.  I’m not done yet, oh no, but the deadlines I still have in front of me will start falling like dominoes: evaluation next week, thesis the following week, writing a class and doing thesis reviews in June, residency (including class and thesis interviews) in July.  But I’m basically done with reading and writing for school.  Now I’m reading and writing for the rest of my life.  That’s kind of cool.  I have yet to select the first book I will read solely for my own enjoyment.

I spent some of the weekend working on some entries for Lauren Turner’s bestiary– check out some of her collages. She’ll have her wares (whoa, easy there, perv-man, not those wares) for sale Sunday at RebusFest (301 N. Kinsey St. in Raleigh).  Go.  Check out the art.  Here’s a sample: