So this month features a back-to-normal Ramble, a review of a brilliant graphic novel, and all the usual poetic and prose goodness the monthly Digest brings. Enjoy, and feel free to check out anything you may have missed during the summer!

Address to a Train - Odd Nelsonson

Submitted by evrclear13@hotmail.com. The Author gives the background as "Jack London once met a woman on a train and stayed with her in their sleeper from Chicago to Oakland"

What Happens When Fate Is Busy? - Cinderella

(Lullabye_baby@hotmail.com) The problem of the theory "The One" and a possible solution.

untitled - erin

Excellent piece on what can happen when the brain and heart are at odds after a breakup.

front line - Misti Velvet Rainwater

All not being fair in love and war; love as war.

Erase Me - Shadygirl

(ed4u@hotmail.com) A plea for losing and finding everything.

Cherry Chapstick - kate

A short bumpy piece on the nostalgia brought on my the littlest of things.

One Day At A Time - Jeanmarie

(xmrksspot@hotmail.com) A sometimes beautiful sometimes awkward piece on parlaying a friendship into romance.

Simple - heart Song

A clever short piece on finding solutions.

bloody lip - ZoE

Unkind cuts.

jeff, the truck driver - jills@wam.umd.edu

A joyous celebration of "that tantilizing boy"

Heart on Sleeve Corner

All the remaining heartsongs sent to the Blender last month.

Ramble Regarding Romance

"Categorically Romantic" - can the boxes we put past love in be a good thing?

Featured Artist Review

Jason Lutes' beautiful picture novel Jar of Fools

Blender Board

Conversation and Comments sent in over the past month.

Playing With Words, a small publisher, is looking for true stories of romance to be published in a book by next Valentine's Day-- deadline is November 1st. More information on the project is available at the PWW Website

I've calmed down a lot about the Y2K issue and have even found a great article explaining some of the hysteria (I mirrored it here, if the above link doesn't work.)