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What makes you feel nostalgic? Christmas, of course. Especially Christmas trees and cookies. Getting/making/decorating them have always been highly-anticipated moments of the year. And “Santa-ing” for my kids, especially when they were little. And watching It’s a Wonderful Life. This year we saw it on the big screen, a first for me and others inContinue reading

Happy 2023

Whoo, 23! Here we are. Thank God. Or dog, depending on your perspective. I hope you’re off to an excellent start. I made a lasagna for family and friends last night, and I just did my first (mini) workout of the year. AND I’ve spent a few minutes working toward my next collection of poems.Continue reading “Happy 2023”

Fall, Already?

I love the fall to be honest. It’s just been astonishingly busy and challenging. I’m enrolled in a teacher certification/Master of Arts in Teaching program which is quite demanding on top of still being a first-year classroom teacher. So I haven’t been able to write any poetry for quite a while. Next semester I won’tContinue reading “Fall, Already?”

Spring, 2022

Hello! Yes, it’s been a while. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Gave a presentation to the Baltimore Ethical Society about using my writing to address things I cannot comprehend or change, another to the North Baltimore Chapter of the Maryland Writers Alliance about editing poetry, read as part of The Wilde Poetry Series, hostedContinue reading “Spring, 2022”

Interviews:

Ann Bracken recently interviewed me about my book, questions for water. You can read it on her blog: https://annbrackenauthor.com/interview-with-ginny-crawford/ And I interviewed her about her new book, Once You’re Inside, Poems Exploring Incarceration Enjoy this peek into her compelling book. Virginia Crawford: Your book, Once You’re Inside: Poems Exploring Incarceration, is powerful in so manyContinue reading “Interviews:”

Happy New Year!

It’s starting off with a bang for me. Monday I start a new full-time job, Thursday I’ll be part of the Putney Library event, and Friday I’ll host Naomi Shihab Nye for the Maryland Writers Alliance First Friday Reading Series! What a week it will be. And you? Starting or finishing reading or writing aContinue reading “Happy New Year!”

Fall Update and Events

Does it feel like time is shooting by more rapidly than ever for you too? Recently I became the host of the Maryland Writers’ Association First Friday Event. We feature one poet or author and then have open-mic time. Our November event went very well, and I’m looking forward to more fabulous events each month.Continue reading “Fall Update and Events”

New and Exciting!

Beginning on Friday, November 5th, I will host the Maryland Writers’ Alliance First Friday Open Mic. You’ll hear the wonderful and varied work of Maryland writers and hopefully a few others from around the country. And I’m really looking forward to hearing from all of you as well. There’s always time to ask questions ofContinue reading “New and Exciting!”

Next…

I’m very happy to have another event to share, a virtual poetry fest with The New England Poetry Club. There will be 3 hours of poets sharing work! I’m looking forward to hearing and meeting some new people. You can sign up here: https://nepoetryclub.org/nepc-fall-poetry-fest-2021/ Since losing my job in January, I’ve been doing some on-lineContinue reading “Next…”

I’m going on a trip!

To the West Coast! But you can see me here on Wednesday! Hope you are keeping cool and healthy. Virginia https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/celebrating_the_2021_poetry_contest_finalists_with_little_patuxent_review#.YPLYbuhKg2w