Blog — Marge Piercy

Taking a Risk

We decided to once again hold our solstice party, the first since 2019.

Marge PiercyDecember 20, 2021Comment

Of Mice and Manuscripts

Mice are coming into the house on a regular basis. There have been four huge ones this week.

Marge PiercyDecember 11, 2021 Comment

Submissions and Winter Arrive

Submissions for my June juried intensive poetry workshop are arriving every day.

Marge PiercyDecember 3, 2021Comment

A Really Wonderful Thanksgiving

Last year we had Thanksgiving on the porch in our winter coats with two friends. We could see our breath.Stuffed

Marge PiercyNovember 29, 2021Comment

The Leak, the Furnace, Lobsters, and a Tornado

Friday, Woody discovered a leak from in a water pipe over the furnace.

Marge PiercyNovember 22, 2021Comment

First Frost

We had our first and then almost immediately our second frost.

Marge PiercyNovember 15, 2021Comment

Email Hacked, Ears Fracked, Power Back

This week began with trying to get back to normal after the extended power outage. But troubles will not cease.

Marge PiercyNovember 8, 2021Comment

No Power to the People

The week started with the weather channel and the local news telling us a big storm was coming,, a cyclone bomb, a nor’easter with high winds.

Marge PiercyNovember 1, 2021Comment

Warm and Busy Week

I’m currently off FB because nitpickers kept driving me crazy complaining of typos.

Marge PiercyOctober 24, 2021Comment

Bad Hair, Bad Tech

I’m going through a permanent bad hair day.

Marge PiercyOctober 16, 2021Comment

Vanishing Authors

I happened to remember an author whose books I enjoyed perhaps ten or fifteen years ago. I wondered if she’d published anything recently. I went on Amazon to check: nothing at all.

Marge PiercyOctober 11, 2021 Comment

Clafoutis and Good Friends

All summer I’ve been baking clafoutis, as it’s more pleasant in the heat than making a pie.

Ira WoodOctober 3, 2021Comment

The Wonder of a Good Novel

Most people no longer read much that isn’t on a screen.

Marge PiercySeptember 25, 2021Comment

First Trip Since Covid

Tuesday we drove to Maine. We’ve done this trip every year since 1984.

Ira WoodSeptember 20, 2021 Comment

No One Came Home

A Poem by Marge Piercy

Marge PiercySeptember 11, 2021Comment

Attack of the Wasp

Today was a gorgeous day just as yesterday was and I was happy to get into the garden. I was pulling done plants out of my pollinator bed when a small wasp stung me on the chin. It hurt like hell.

Marge PiercySeptember 6, 2021Comment