And it’s National Poetry Month! Hypatia-in-the-Woods is planning two events, both at the lovely Brilliant Moon bookstore in downtown Shelton ( Mariano Plaza at First Street and Railroad Avenue). CELEBRATE WITH A READING at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, with poet Ann Batchelor Hursey of Seattle.…
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Passings–from Dodos to O’os
Poet Holly Hughes, Hypatia 2013, has been working with Myrna Keliher at Expedition Press on a chapbook of poems about extinct birds, Passings. Holly began the collection years ago with a poem for Martha, the last passenger pigeon. That led to…
Bequest from Alta (Sunny) Hughes
Last year, we lost a staunch supporter of Hypatia, Alta (Sunny) Hughes. She left us a bequest, a lovely gesture which helps us toward financial security. We will remember her with the publication of her last collection of poems in…
Rest In Peace – Elspeth Pope
Hypatia-in-the-Woods’ beloved founder and director, Dr. Elspeth Pope, died peacefully, surrounded by loving family members, on Saturday, May 18. She underwent emergency surgery two weeks earlier for an intestinal blockage and made a brave attempt at recovery but found that…
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Elspeth, Elvis and the Seattle World’s Fair
Where were you in ’62? Were you in Seattle? Were you at the Seattle World’s Fair? Elvis was. The founder of Hypatia-in-the-Woods, Dr. Elspeth Pope, was too. Did they meet?
The Poet and the Quilter
Last Friday we launched Hypatia’s new website. At the end of that very long day I was physically exhausted, mentally drained and a little over-emotional that the new site went live. Elspeth, my host, was watching a movie and I…
Tagged with: Cathy Erickson, fiber artist, fiber arts, Margaret Chula, poet, public reading, Shelton Timberland Library
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