The Ten Days of Carpmas

How is it possible that this is the tenth anniversary of Carpmas Project?!

And just in time too — as of this past Wednesday, evening I’ve broken into quite the anxiety-provoked rash.

There has been much fish-doodling to alleviate the itch.

For Carpmas 2017 I have chosen a format of four-by-four inch of heavy bond mounted on construction paper — extra bits I have left over from a course I taught years and years ago. Upon each of the papers, I have drawn carp. Each drawing will be accompanied by a poem or thought pertaining to the theme. In some cases the writing is done by me; in others it has been done by a bot.

Deciding which is which may or may not be difficult.

A warm-up for Carpmas 2011!

Just discovered that Carp Carol 2007 was not included in this collection (Carpmas pre-dates this blog):

Help with writing this upcoming year’s Carp Carol would be greatly appreciated!

Refresher for those who have forgotten the main themes of Carpmas:

• Celebrating what’s really important — friends and family
• Eating humbly and being grateful
• Exercising and embracing your creativity

Already dreaming up ideas for this year’s Carpmas t-shirt:

Red (cotton-poly) Canvas

We are less than a month away from Carpmas and taking submissions for this year’s Carpmas fun:

• photos of your fishy baking
• carp themed crafts
• Carpmas drawings, paintings, sculpture
• recipes for potato salad

We are also looking for the a new Poet Laureate of Carpmas and someone to write the Carpmas Carol.

Keep it simple – Celebrate the Fish!

It’s not Carpmas for another 2 weeks. What you need to do is this: return on the 13th of December – then I promise there will be something here besides… well, besides this drivel…