Mikaela Renz-Whitmore's Page

Ask and ye shall receive!

Happily, my lament over poetry on the bus this spring coincided with a renaissance of the City's competition - jus… Continue

Remember how excited you all were about the National Poetry Slam 2005? Remember how proud we were that our team won?

Remember back even farther than that -- remember the folks who started i… Continue

I don't know why the City doesn't push this more (okay, yes I do), but it's a little-known fact that ABQ Ride offers a Business Partnership program to get reduced-cost monthly bus passes.

The program sounds fancy-schmancy. What it boils down to is that if you and a few other (8+?) pe… Continue

If any of you ever rode the bus in Seattle, you know that one of that city's gems is its program to put poetry on the bus.
Every year, a non-profit, in coordination with the City, announces a themed poetry competition, with a tight word limit. They work hard to get poets of all… Continue

Loving the City's Pollen Page, with daily pollen counts for the East and West sides.

Much better than a bloody scratch test!

This season, Eric and I have thought we were getting sick at least a dozen times, only to realize days later when sick never "blossomed" that it was just allergies.

Never again!

Today for example? Mulberry and Ash. Damn them by name!