TRIPPING:   From time to time, we travel from Washerst to remote locations around the globe in order to delve further into our research focused on the life and poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). 

Click below to see information on some of our trips:

AMHERST, MA:
From Washerst To Amherst
July 2013

Includes info on research in Boston, in Amherst, and at Harvard University.

CHICAGO, IL:
Chicagoetry
November 2013

Includes information on Jim Asher's featured appearance at the Green Mill Lounge "Uptown Poetry Slam" and his private tour of the Poetry Foundation.

PITTSBURGH, PA:
Poetsburgh
July 2015...and Part 2 in September 2015

Includes info on the Andy Warhol Museum's connection to the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA:
Golden Gate Unabridged
March 2016
All things Emmett Lee Dickinson (poetry, museum stuff, Washerst facts and figures, etc.) © 2013 & 2014 by Jim Asher

SANTA FE & TAOS, NEW MEXICO:
New Mex I Go
July 2016

Includes info on Georgia O'Keeffe's connection to Emmett Lee Dickinson.

NORTH BY NORTHEAST:
Our Trip to the Big Apple
​April 2017

Includes information on the Morgan Library's exhibit on Emily Dickinson, "I'm Nobody!  Who Are You?"

TEX-MESS
Yes, we mess with Texas!
​July 2017

We visited San Antonio to conduct research on Almaron Dickinson, a first cousin to Emmett Lee Dickinson and who lost his life in the Battle of the Alamo.  His wife Susanna (the "Yellow Rose of Texas") and their daughter Angelina survived the conflict.

While in Texas we also visited Austin, and in both cities we conducted thorough research on the Margarita, the popular drink invented by Emmett Lee Dickinson. 

THE WALKING DREAD
One DOPE mixes with the EDIS
​August 2017

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​Jim Asher, the world's leading authority on Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) walked the streets of Amherst at the annual meeting of the Emily Dickinson International Society:

One DOPE (Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts) against the EDIS.