Blog — Marge Piercy

Cool and Delightful

It has been far more pleasant to work outside this week.

Marge PiercyAugust 26, 2023Comment

Lobsters and Rabbits

I started the second wave of cucumbers last week. I hope they survive.

Marge PiercyAugust 20, 2023 Comment

The Death of a Dear Old Friend - Our Maple Tree

We are going to have our huge sugar maple out front taken down. I love that tree.

Marge PiercyAugust 12, 2023 Comment

Woody and the Wasps

Woody discovered a large wasp’s nest in a rhododendron, discovered it the hard way.

Marge PiercyAugust 12, 2023Comment

Poems and Beans are Coming in Hard

Yesterday was full out garden and processing work all day.

Marge PiercyJuly 31, 2023Comment

Big Scare

Wednesday, I had pain around where my pacemaker is inserted, redness, a bit of swelling. I was terrified.

Marge PiercyJuly 24, 2023Comment

King Schwartzie and the Strawberries

I went though the 2nd third of my new book over the last few days, editing, proofing.

Marge PiercyJuly 10, 2023Comment

Here Comes Summer

The humidity, and the roses, have arrived.

Ira WoodJune 26, 2023Comment

A Really Great Crew

This workshop had a wonderful group of poets.

Ira WoodJune 20, 2023Comment

Much to Celebrate

The smoke from the Canadian fires that had me coughing all day Monday have finally blown off to the mainland.

Marge PiercyJune 4, 2023Comment

Manuscripts and Mishigas

I haven’t been able to snatch time to write at all since I’ve been reading the manuscripts of poems from poets in my June workshop.

Marge PiercyMay 30, 2023Comment

The Devouring Garden

This time of year, besides everything else we do, we add a farm.

Marge PiercyMay 22, 2023 Comment

Everything Out of the Greenhouse, All at Once

This has been a hectic period and it looks as if it will remain that way until my June poetry workshop is over.

Marge PiercyMay 15, 2023Comment

Love My Life, Hate My Printer

I’m really enjoying cooking again!

Marge PiercyMay 8, 2023 Comments

Coughing and Wheezing

After ten days of intense socializing, I realized that I closely interacted with over 40 people – more than I saw in an entire year during the days of heavy covid.

Marge PiercyApril 24, 2023Comment

The Garden Takes Over

We have suddenly reached the time in the spring when there is so much to do in and for the gardens that much of what we had been doing all winter is almost squeezed out.

Marge PiercyApril 16, 2023Comment

Raised Beds and a Meaningful Seder

Woody has been putting in two new, what he calls maximum security, raised beds in his, the main garden. We’re trying hard to keep the varmints from eating all our broccoli.

Marge PiercyApril 9, 2023Comment

Wonderful Birthday, Stressful Week

My desktop had been dying for some time. The fan was running 90% of the time. The screen would go blank in the middle of working.

Marge PiercyApril 3, 2023 Comment

PI Day Really Was Pie Day

Tuesday, since Woody has his interview program on WOMR, Dale was kind enough to take me to my new osteopath and then we went to Marion’s Pies in Chatham where I bought a seafood pie.

Marge PiercyMarch 19, 2023Comment

Searching for The Pillow Book

I’m still trying to find a copy of The Pillow Book in translation but without luck.

Marge PiercyMarch 12, 2023 Comments