discoveries

A nifty thing about publishing poetry is that you sometimes get to learn things about your friends that you wouldn't otherwise find out.

Last night, my minister's husband and I were chatting after choir rehearsal. He talked about getting a kick out of the sestinas in my book -- he's written some as well, so he appreciates how tricky it can be to find keywords that really click. He also mentioned being just one degree of separation from Niels Bohr: a friend from his Massachusetts days worked on teams with Bohr during World War II.