BOOK Arts

Drop in for great in-person (or online) classes at the Center for Book Arts in New York City – www.centerforbookarts.org

Learn about the book arts and meet fellow artists in the College Book Art Association– www.collegebookart.org

Sponsors a yearly book art festival in NY and Oxford – a good way to meet other fine printers and book artists Fine Press Book Association – www.fpba.com

All you’ll ever want to know about miniature books – www.mbs.org

If you’re in the Washington, DC, area, you can take great in-person or online classes at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center in Hyattsville, MD – www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

HAIKU

Chad Lee Robinson‘s blog about his haiku writings – dakotaku.wordpress.com

Haiku Foundation (just about anything you want to know about haiku) – www.thehaikufoundation.org

Haiku Society of America – www.hsa-haiku.org

Haiku Canada – www.haikucanada.org

Nick Virgilio Writer’s House – www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org

Interview with Professor Kwame Dawes on Nick Virgilio

Photography & Framing

Sarah Goldman Photography, Arlington, VA – Sarah does terrific work for families, seniors and couples. If you’re looking for a caring, fun professional family photographer, just contact her – www.sarahgoldmanphoto.com

Design Frames, Falls Church, VA – Mark is an affable, knowledgable and award-winning framer who makes everything look great. You can also purchase some of our local Arlington and Falls Church prints here, too.  www.designframes.com

Poetry

A wealth of resources about poetry can be found at www.poets.org and www.poetrysociety.org/psa

Poems with photos about birds – www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/birdsandbards

Turtles

Facts and pix of turtles around the world – www.seeturtles.org/43/sea-turtle-facts

Saving terrapins and other wildlife in NJ – www.conservewildlifenj.org/protecting/projects/terrapin

Dive into this puddle to learn all about turtles (section for kids, too) – www.turtlepuddle.org