The Blueberry Patch is becoming "a local hub for the literary arts" and we're thrilled

We couldn't help but notice the delightful story in The Gabber the other week about one of our favorite places in our community, The Blueberry Patch. We've included it here before, some say, in glowing terms. And no wonder! It's just a very comfortable place to be. So, it was with delight that we noticed the nice feature story Lynn Taylor had in the paper about the venue becoming "a local hub for the literary arts." Indeed, that's been coming on for awhile and, frankly, we're glad to see it. If you haven't been to The Blueberry Patch, you owe to yourself to go.

Is our community breaking out into poetry? Well, we certainly hope it does! Don't you?

Our community might be breaking out all over in poetry, and wouldn't that be a lovely thing? We were talking the other day about the poetry contest the Eckerd College OLLI program is putting on. Now we see in The Gabber where they're looking for the second poet laureate of Gulfport.  The first poet laureate of Gulfport is the ever-fascinating Peter Hargitai who is always a delight to hear. Peter is a retired college professor and a fixture at the Ink Tank Talks at The Blueberry Patch Retreat Center. The Hungarian-born writer came to the United States as a child when his family fled the revolution in their country. To get in a poetic frame of mind, we thought we'd share a video of Peter reading Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. Peter's wife, Dianne, did the illustrations and made the video.