“Home Sweet Home”–poetic excerpt from “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary”

During this time I’m in Lake County in Northern California and walking when I can in Clear Lake State Park, the jewel of the county on Clear Lake and nestled on the shoulders of Mt. Konocti…these lines from my poem HOME SWEET HOME often run through my mind…excerpts below. You can read more from “Sightlines:…

Riehl interviewed on Writers in the Sky

Yvonne Perry, that whirling dervish of a writer-editor-word-choreographor-woman has posted an interview with me about the publication of my debut poetry collection “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary.” Go to Writers in the Sky (TM) (A blog, newsletter and podcast for the craft and business of writing, publishing and book marketing with tons of tips for freelance…

Riehl’s poem “Fall at the Lake” observes & celebrates the shift in season

This poem was written in Lake County, Northern California, and refers to Clear Lake, California’s largest self-enclosed lake. I now cross the Mississippi River at least once a week, rather than gazing out on Clear Lake. But, as we’ve slid deeper into Autumn with the time change, this poem from “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” (see…

Riehl’s “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” Awarded Honorable Mention in DIY [Do It Yourself] Book Festival (Los Angeles)

2007 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS Click here for full list of winners. LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2007) _ Poet Mark Brunetti’s engaging “Airplane Lies and Other Poems Without A Home” was named Book of the Year for the 2007 DIY (Do It Yourself) Book Festival. Ex Machina Press was named DIY Publisher of the…

Hal Manogue on “Grace Riehl-ly” (Short Sleeve Insights: Live An Ordinary Life In A Non Ordinary Way)—The Connection of Friendship

Since “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” came out (read more on sidebar), I’ve made friends I’ve never met. That, for me, has been one of the best parts of becoming an author. One of those friends-from-afar (but closer now that I’m in St. Louis and he’s only in Nashville) is Hal Manogue. Hal Manogue’s Trademark A.C.E….

Linda Della Donna’s Little Red Mail Box Interviews Janet Grace Riehl about “Sightlines” and “What’s it like to be living your dream?”

Linda Della Donna has a cool blog named “Little Red Mailbox” filled with print interviews, and now I’ve joined the throng. You can check it out by clicking here. Clocking in at around 2,800 words–quite long for an interview of this sort–it’s very in-depth–I’d say that Linda’s Little Red Mailbox is in danger of being…

Listen to “Memento-Mori: Life and Death, Moment by Moment”

Here’s the Audio-Link for my Septemeber 2nd sermon at the First Unitarian Church of Alton, Illinois. Click here for a link to listen to “Memento-Mori: Life and Death, Moment by Moment” (just the sermon) or the full service. Neither my father nor I were amplified for our violin-playing, but you can hear it if you…

A Father Supports His Daughter, and a Daughter Honors Her Father and Family—“Memento Mori: Life and Death Moment by Moment” at Alton, Illinois, First Unitarian Church

Over the Labor Day weekend I offered a service at the First Unitarian Church in Alton, Illinois, on the corner of 3rd and Alby. This was my sister Julia Ann Thompson’s church and my cousin Irene Riehl’s church before her. Now it is the church of my niece and her husband and their daughters. My…

“Up Under the Pine Rows,” a poem from Riehl’s “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary

I wanted to post this poem alongside my father’s commentary on the hemlocks. Some of you may know it, but it gets deeper for me when I see it alongside the story of the two hemlocks. And, just a reminder that “Riehlife,” the blog is the face page for “Riehlife” the website. If you go…

My Sister Julia Ann Thompson’s Third Year Anniversary: In the world of our ancestors (excerpt from “Anniversary” poem by Janet Grace Riehl)

Last year we gathered together and I presented a special event for Hayner Public Library in Alton, Illinois. I gave a talk combined with music (Daddy and I played) and poetry followed by a workshop on memory. You can read this talk “Memories: Each Day Radiant with New Meaning” by clicking here which will take…