Monday morning’s general aches and pains I could write off as the RA acting up. A fresh snowstorm moved in. The gradual headache that started as a minor irritation gradually ramped up in severity. By the end of my work day, I was couch ridden. The pain moved around through my sinus region, the top…

We survived a traumatic year. And not all of us made it. Nevertheless, and even despite an Autumn of writer’s block, I managed to edge last year’s total views. The #Haikai Challenge remains popular, even with a ten-week gap! That is all because of you. Thank you for your continued support! Thank you for saying…

It has been a week. That is the longest absence I’ve had from blogging during a non-vacation week. I have missed you. And Haikai. Why, you ask? Stephen King wrote that “Writing is a support system for life, not the other way around.” Life is happening for the Tassone family. Our son works toward attaining…

Four years. The first I blogged about once a week—until #NPM 2017. I posted a #haikai poem a day that April. Amazingly, my daily views began to rise. Four years later, I have nearly 800 followers—two-hundred more than last year. I’m exceeding last years numbers of monthly views. I’m averaging over a hundred per day.…