![Joni’s Wind–Ellis Conklin](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/dune-and-mountain-for-web.jpg)
Joni’s Wind–Ellis Conklin
–after Joni Mitchell’s Carey The wind swept up from Rockaway Last night I couldn’t sleep Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here, Mary But it’s really not
![Trailblazers–Tom Lackaff](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nickel-for-web-1.jpg)
Trailblazers–Tom Lackaff
Play Excerpt: (EXT: WHITE HOUSE, JANUARY 1803 – EARLY MORNING. On the muddy street, a PAPERBOY hawks his wares.) PAPERBOY Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Napoleon blocks Americans from
![Rain Pants–Cyndi Stuart](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/blue-umbrella-for-web-157x157-1.jpg)
Rain Pants–Cyndi Stuart
Essay: Overhead is a beautiful blue sky. I can feel the sunshine warm my back. I think about reaching up to take off my snug fleece stocking cap but decide
![John F. Kennedy–Ellis Conklin](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cross-for-web-157x157-1.jpg)
John F. Kennedy–Ellis Conklin
Essay: All of us know where we were and what we were doing upon learning that John Kennedy’s life was severed in that glaring Friday noontime in Dallas. That moment
![Chance of Rain–Tom Lackaff](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fog-thru-trees-for-web.jpg)
Chance of Rain–Tom Lackaff
Fiction: The rain poured down with a relentless vigor, an elemental force that had always been there and seemingly always would be. Fortunately, I experienced only its sound as it
![Rain Dance–Katja Biesanz](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/rain-dance-for-web.jpg)
Rain Dance–Katja Biesanz
Fiction: Everyone else was in the hangar, playing cards while waiting for a break in the clouds. Therese sat on the straw bale under the eaves of the office/bunkhouse. Drops
![Incoming Storm–Neal Lemery](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/light-thru-trees-for-web.jpg)
Incoming Storm–Neal Lemery
Essay: The next storm is somewhere out there, just waiting for its time to move onshore, disrupting my life, making me aware, once again, that life happens despite of what
![How to Survive a Storm–Barry Paul](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/beach-path-for-web.jpg)
How to Survive a Storm–Barry Paul
Poetry: Stand strong in the rain for fear falls on us all. It drips and pools, tickling uncomfortably down the spine, exploring each gap in our defenses, before trickling to
![Backfire–Mark Scott Smith](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/car-wheel-for-web.jpg)
Backfire–Mark Scott Smith
Poetry: Backfire on the mountain Brake lights glowing red Tires whirring in the rain cast silver beads of water across the misty highway Hank Williams on the radio A Lucky
![Weather–Marcia Silver](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/spindrift-for-web.jpg)
Weather–Marcia Silver
Poetry: A powerful storm . . . will sweep through the Northwest today with locally heavy rain, possibly excessive. NOAA National Weather Service Website Paint your walls the color of