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Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2009

On the weekend of October 16 to 19, 2009, the Haiku Northwest group held its second annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway at the Seabeck Conference Center in Seabeck, Washington. Michael Dylan Welch and Tanya McDonald served as director and registrar. Our featured guest was Penny Harter, and other presenters included Christopher Herold, Debbie Kolodji, Carole MacRury, Tanya McDonald, Margaret McGee, Ce Rosenow, Richard Tice, and Michael Dylan Welch. For a complete schedule, visit http://sites.google.com/site/haikunorthwest/seabeck-haiku-getaway/2009schedule. We had a couple of rainbows to start our weekend, and quite a bit of rain at first, but had patches of beautiful sun before the weekend was over to help us enjoy the spectacular fall colours.

Oct 18, 2009

Photos: 414

Mostly Abstract

A few of my photos, mostly abstract.

Oct 13, 2009

Photos: 37

Thomas's Sixth Birthday Party

The first few pictures show Thomas opening gifts and enjoying a visit to Red Robin on his birthday, October 9. The rest of these pictures are from his birthday party on October 10. We sure had fun! Thanks to everyone for coming!

Oct 10, 2009

Photos: 272

Kubota Garden Visit - Haiku Northwest and Port Townsend Haiku Group

Twice a year, members of the Haiku Northwest group in the Seattle area hold a joint meeting with the Port Townsend Haiku Group. For our fourth meeting, on September 26, 2009, we met at Kubota Garden in South Seattle, visited the "Rainier Valley Haiku" sculpture, and then spent the balance of our meeting at the Rainier Beach Library. For dinner we went to Maya's restaurant nearby for Mexican food.

Sep 26, 2009

Photos: 94

Two Autumns Reading 2009

The 20th annual Two Autumns reading in San Francisco featured Carolyn Hall, David Grayson, Michael Dylan Welch, and Garry Gay, with a book titled My Neighbor, edited by Paul Miller, produced by Linda Papanicolaou, with cover art by Naia. The reading was hosted by Rich Krivcher. This album show pictures I took of my trip from Seattle to San Francisco (via Portland, Oregon), visits to my old stomping grounds in Foster City (thanks to Tracy Koretsky), and many pictures of the reading itself. The pictures at the end show a visit to Blake Garden in Kensington, California, and my trip home, ending in a lovely sunset. Also included at the end are a few photos of the 20th Two Autumns book itself. Enjoy!

Sep 13, 2009

Photos: 289

Haiku North America 2009 in Ottawa - Part 1 of 3

This is the first of three albums presenting all the pictures I took, in chronological order, at the 2009 Haiku North America conference in Ottawa. These photos include visits to Parliament Hill and other tourist attractions (the sound and light show, the changing of the guard, and more), various presentations and readings at the conference, the banquet, and the closing night's boat cruise -- and its instantly infamous dance (which Charles Trumbull dubbed the Haiku Hop). I hope these pictures give a taste not only of the conference itself, but the ambiance of Ottawa and all the extraordinary conference attendees who helped to make this a sensational haiku conference. NOTE: These photos are unedited, and are subject to the limitations of my Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital Elph (5.0 megapixels) and its mostly automatic point-and-shoot settings. Sure wish I had a Nikon D90 SLR with me, but it wouldn't have produced nearly as many candid shots as I was able to get with PowerShot.

Aug 10, 2009

Photos: 478

Haiku North America 2009 in Ottawa - Part 2 of 3

This album is part 2 of 3 albums of photos I took at the 2009 Haiku North America conference in Ottawa.

Aug 10, 2009

Photos: 488

Haiku North America 2009 in Ottawa - Part 3 of 3

This is part 3 of 3 albums presenting photos of the 2009 Haiku North America conference in Ottawa.

Aug 10, 2009

Photos: 200

Gabriola Haiku Weekend, 24-26 July 2009

Every summer, the British Columbia haiku group, known as Pacifi-kana, holds a haiku retreat weekend at the home of Naomi Beth Wakan on Gabriola Island, a small island near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. I travelled with Tanya and and Russ McDonald. We caught a ferry from Anacortes, Washington, to Sidney, B.C., visited the Emily Carr House in Victoria, and then Craigdarroch Castle before driving north to Nanaimo. We caught an evening ferry across to Gabriola Island where we enjoyed a weekend of haiku writing and reading. On the Sunday, Christopher Herold and I gave presentations on haiku, sponsored by Poetry Gabriola, at the Gabriola Commons. A great time was had by all, especially on the Saturday night when we witnessed one of the most spectacular lightning storms I've ever seen, which lasted three or four hours. My photos don't capture the lightning, but you can see the orange light that bathed the landscape. What a great weekend it was!

Jul 26, 2009

Photos: 347

Seattle - Port Townsend Joint Haiku Meeting

On July 11, Seattle members of the Haiku Northwest group met with the Port Townsend haiku group at the home of Richard Lloyd on Marrowstone Island, near Port Townsend. More than thirty poets attended. We were asked to send poems on the theme of "hats," which Christopher Herold collected for a handout titled "Hatku," and we also had a kukai, much sharing of poems, time to write, and more.

Jul 11, 2009

Photos: 126

SoulFood Poetry Party - 28 June 2009

To celebrate the third anniversary of the SoulFood Poetry Night, curated by Michael Dylan Welch and Lana Hechtman Ayers, we held a party at SoulFood Books and Cafe on Sunday, 28 June 2009. We invited all previous featured readers (about 75+ people) and our audience regulars for cake, readings, an open mic, and a special performance by Band of Poets. We had a great time and look forward to another three years of fine poetry readings. Thanks to SoulFood Books for making poetry night possible!

Jun 28, 2009

Photos: 132

SoulFood Books

It's my pleasure to host the SoulFood Poetry Night every month at SoulFood Books in Redmond, Washington. These photos show you many of the details and ambience of this invisiting and community-oriented store.

Nov 20, 2008

Photos: 59

Seattle - Port Townsend Joint Haiku Meeting - 8 November 2008

On November 8, 2008, Seattle-area Haiku Northwest members visited Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington, to meet with their haiku group. We convened at the Fort Worden Commons café at 10:30 a.m., then enjoyed two walks—at the beach and at the old military bunkers. One group stopped at Memory’s Vault, an art installation featuring poems by Sam Hamill, founder of Copper Canyon Press. After a tasty lunch at the Commons, we went to Doris Thurston’s home for an afternoon of haiku and snacks. We enjoyed a kukai (poem-selection party) of poems written on our morning walks. A highlight of the day was the Port Townsend group’s performance of poems by Seattle-area visitors, with piano, marimba, tabla, and other percussion instruments. They even had blown bottles and fingers rubbing wine glasses filled with water to various heights! Thanks to Christopher Herold for organizing, and Doris Thurston for opening her home. Afterwards, we went to Hudson Point Café in Port Townsend.

Nov 8, 2008

Photos: 53

Haiku Northwest

Haiku Northwest, founded in 1988, meets monthly, usually at the Bellevue Regional Library in Bellevue, Washington. Most of these photos are from our May 2008 joint meeting with the Port Townsend haiku group (meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden and then the Bellevue Library). The last few photos are from our performance at the 2008 Folklife Festival in Seattle, where we performed music- and sound-related haiku.

Aug 7, 2008

Photos: 18

Burning Word Poetry Festival 2008

These are my photos of the fifth annual Burning Word poetry festival, held on 26 April 2008 at Greenbank Farm on Whidbey Island, Washington, sponsored by the Washington Poets Association, of which I'm a board member.

Apr 26, 2008

Photos: 204

Vancouver Haiku Stone - Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

For three years, I have served as a judge for the Haiku Invitational, sponsored by the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was a dream from the beginning for the winning poems to be carved in stone. In 2008, that dream became a reality as a haiku stone, with winning haiku from the 2006, 2007, and 2008 Haiku Invitationals, was installed at VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver. These pictures, taken on 12 April 2008, show the haiku stone, with a few other pictures related to the festival and to the garden.

Apr 12, 2008

Photos: 38

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