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After many glitches (some probably yet uncovered), my book of poetry Going On Somewhere is available for purchase on Amazon.  Here’s the link.

The wonderful interior illustrations for the poems are by Diana Barco, an artist, architect and social activist living in Colombia.  The cover painting (above) is by Jason Martin, an artist, hiker, sweet person, living in the Catskill Mountains.   They really are worth the price of the book (which is modest by today’s standards.)

The poems, of course, are mine. (Karin Gustafson)  Some you have seen if you follow this blog regularly; they are better edited in the book.  (I hope.)  And there are many others that you will not have seen.

There really is a painful side to finally getting a project to fruition.  It is a lot of work – not just artistic but bureaucratic–and the result (to the workers) may seem a bit slim.  But my sense is that those feelings are “writer’s remorse.”   It really is a lovely book, and I urge you to check it out.

I also want to thank all who’ve followed the poems on the blog and sent suggestions and encouragement.

PS  – Also check out 1 Mississippi on Amazon, my children’s counting book.  I was able to get the price lowered.  A great book for those who like elephants and numbers.