kensington blogade
A lovely group of bloggers from and of Brooklyn united last Sunday in Kensington for lunch and a reading from our work. It was great not only to learn about so much wonderful online writing about Brooklyn...but also to make human connections with these writers. We all love this place - or some part of it - and that love gives our writing an authenticity that I think attracts many to these "blogs" we keep...Many of these are gathered in my links section to the right. Please visit!
There were multimedia presentations - The Blue Barn is linked on my site now, and we were delighted by Tom, who draws cartoons that appear in the daily Metro newspaper, a series of which he shared with us. There was a woman who wrote about her observations and adventures in Prospect Park every day. And a man who keeps his green thumb on the pulse of greenery in Flatbush. One woman and her husband moved to Brooklyn from Denver, much to the dismay of their baffled families. Please read one of the best explanations I've ever heard about why we writers and arty-types want to live here.
Reminiscenses about punk New York, dreamy explorations of dog ghosts, and political indictments of poor city management: We are doing it all! Thank you, Joyce of Bad Girl Blog for organizing an enlightening afternoon. And thanks to everyone who reads us.
shelly
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