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Dragons in Canada
My good friend and fellow writer Joe Nigg recently delivered a fascinating lecture on Dragons at Canada’s Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, Alberta. Such events are not typically covered by local media when they occur in the U.S. (at least not in my part of the U.S.), but this one was complemented by a newspaper interview with Joe that is unusually well written.Read More
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“Simblins” Update (**Updated!**)
Thanks to William Michaelian’s recent blog post, I did some follow-up Googling for “simblins” information in the hope of fleshing out the Mark Twain quote I posted earlier. Here some tidbits I found. An entry in his journal by Private Joseph Whitehouse, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, on his travels through the Rickoree nation. The entry is dated Saturday, September 29, 1804: Saturday 29th Sept. 1804. we Set off eairly. proceeded on passed bluffs on S. S.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
