Well, what an interesting week! And by interesting, I mean terrible.
I can’t really discuss some of the problems here, but let’s include my first concussion (only months after my first broken bones!) and many, many tests in a hospital. I think I’ve had two to four hours of sleep every night for about three nights in a row.
My parents are finally safely home, my little brother is coming home from his trip to climb Machu Picchu, I am home safe as well, and ready to embark on a new, better week. Wish me luck?

Jeannine Hall Gailey served as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and the author of Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, and winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and SFPA’s Elgin Award, Field Guide to the End of the World. Her latest, Flare, Corona from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. She’s also the author of PR for Poets, a Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on NPR’s The Writer’s Almanac, Verse Daily and The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and JAMA.



Karen J. Weyant
Jeannine! What are we going to do with you? Take care of yourself —
Felicity
Ack!
That’s my eloquent comment. I hope you are all better and surrounded with good fortune and health in time for your birthday.
David V
Luck!
Sleep!
Health!
And anything else you could use!
Joannie
LUCK!
I’ll say it again:
LUCK!
Collin Kelley
bonne chance
Anne
Jeez, Jeannine… it’s about time things turned around for you, huh? Wishing you luck on top of luck. And a much better week to boot.
Carol Lynn
my goodness- I just read this- you have really been through it these last few months- hoping you are doing better now- I am worried about you
xo