Did you know Ted Kooser had a website?

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, who lives down the road near Lincoln, has a website with lots of good stuff.  No surprise, the website is tedkooser.net . There’s lot a great poetry and poetry reading online there.

Below is a reading done by Kooser that is short and lovely.

Here’s a terrific Fine Lines Summer Camp video

Please take the time to view this. It captures just how important (and fun) camp is.

Please give it a second to load up, click, and enjoy.

Just a few words about creativity from Ira Glass

Creativity takes practice and time.  Ira Glass, the host of the radio show This American Life, has some wise thoughts on the subject.  Check it out and enjoy.  (And the words and sentences flying around in the video are just a bonus.)

 

Some voices (and photos) of a few Fine Lines editors

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This short slideshow with audio (posted to Youtube) captures the thoughts of a few Fine Lines editors.  The monthly editing meetings are where copy is marked up, decisions are made, and more than a few snacks are consumed. Enjoy.