Category Archives: Notes

Somehow, I missed that NYC would be slogging through another winter storm today. Waking up to the scene described in my haiku below, I mumbled, “What about Wednesday?” Another one’s predicted. Here’s the West Side at 75th Street at lunch Read More

Last weekend, I tweeted and posted on FB that 100 Word Story Anthology is accepting submissions. Within hours, stories arrived in our inbox, and we’re having a great time reading this fiction, nonfiction, poetry and dialogue. If you’re a writer Read More

Another polar vortex has descended upon NYC, this time, with snow. Suddenly, functional boots—and coats that can withstand Canadian temperatures—become a necessity. New Yorkers huddle at bus stops, step carefully over curb-side snow banks and try not to slip on Read More

We’re still at it. About 95 people—journalists, fiction writers, poets—clicking onto the Haiku Room group on Facebook and writing poems. It seems that everyone isn’t posting daily, or maybe I just can’t keep up with it all, but some people Read More

The weather has been challenging in the country—sub-freezing temperatures, snow, heavy rains and wind. When I’m in the Catskills, sitting inside, I deal with winter the way many poets do. I write about it. Through sunlight, snow fell as the Read More

A couple of winters ago, I attended a party hosted by writer friends upstate and was introduced to poets who write haiku as spiritual practice. The form was something I’d enjoyed for years—and after chatting for a few minutes—a couple Read More

Happy New Year! We’re starting off a new year in New York with snow. Here are three haiku inspired by the beauty of a cold country winter—and the city’s set for a blizzard today. Stay warm, everyone, and write, paint, Read More

NYC Night: New Work is showing at the Woodstock Artists Association Museum through Jan. 2, and the series is now online at sharonrousseau.com. Hope you’ll check it out!

The opening reception for my NYC Night show at the Woodstock Artists Association Museum was fabulous. The comments and questions about the pictures—the profound outpouring of enthusiasm for the work—confirmed for me that I’d accomplished what I’d set out to Read More

My show opens today at the Woodstock Artists Association Museum in the downstairs gallery. The prints are luminous, so if you’re in the Hudson Valley between now and Jan. 2, check out the show. I’ll be in the gallery from Read More