text: December 31, 2016 By Jim Kacian 7 Comments
  Old Pond Comics: True North
  December 29, 2016 By John Stevenson 13 Comments
  A New Year of Renku
  The Renku Sessions will resume in the first week of the new year, with a posting on Thursday, January 5. Given the start date, we have decided to use a "new year" format created by Professor Shinku Fukuda. This will be a Kasen (thirty-six verse) renku, in which we will be adding one new verse per … [Read more...]
  Filed Under: Renku Sessions Tagged With: John Stevenson, The Renku Sessions
  December 28, 2016 By Jim Kacian 5 Comments
  Haiku in the Workplace: Promotions and Bonuses
  Receiving a bonus or promotion is a tricky situation to deal with. Either you are the recipient, which is personally gratifying but can create the risk of arrogance in you and enmity in others; or else you are the observer of the event, which can cause jealousy and feelings of persecution and … [Read more...]
  December 27, 2016 By Jim Kacian
  THF Weekly Haiku Puzzler #56
  This week's puzzler: Last week's puzzler: The Manchus are exotic (7) And its solution: Jerome Cushman Contestants who got the correct answer were (in order received): Theresa Cancro, Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Roberta Beary, John Stevenson. Need some help? Check out our … [Read more...]