Splash, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 20x16

Fiddleheads

FIDDLEHEADS Every few years around this time I dust off my poem “Fiddleheads,” which first appeared in the Berkshire Review in 2004. I picked my first this weekend. Here, too, Continue reading

Green, 15x30, Orange, 9x12, Red, 30x24, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas

Reception Tonight

RECEPTION TONIGHT, Friday, April 13, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for “Streaming Hatfield,” more than 30 new oil and acrylic paintings, Anchor House of Artists, 518 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass. A Continue reading

Twilight Zone (Russell Steven Powell photo, Canon Powershot)

Twilight Zone

TWILIGHT ZONE, from Feeling the Heat For many years, with the aid of Vinny, a gentle but persistent Siamese cat, I would wake up sometime between 5 a.m. and 6 Continue reading