My favorite jazz releases during 2025 are included below but in no particular order. Although Soren Bebe's Gratitude had been made available in 2025, it won't officially be released until 2026.
These favorite jazz releases are Matt Carmichael's dancing with embers, Chip Wickham's The Eternal Now, Anouar Brahem's The Last Sky, and Fergus McCreadie's The Shieling.
Last summer, one of my students described how she sometimes practices chaos gardening, which means she simply throws seeds onto the ground and waits to see what happens. I did the same halfway through the summer by adding some wild flower seeds to two pots, and I have been pleasantly surprised at the results. Even though it is now November, one pot is still producing flowers. I brought in both pots during the two or three days the morning temperatures fell below freezing. Our temperatures have since rebounded. The flowers, however, are hard to photograph because they move so easily in the wind.
One of my poems appears in the recently released 2025 issue of I-70 Review. The release party was held last night, the night of September 26. My poem, "Nights of Less Darkness," is the title poem of my full-length collection that is currently seeking a publisher. Clicking on the image makes it much easier to read.
