When I used to write poetry with students, I tried to decrease the intimidation they’d inevitably feel about writing poetry by helping them find relatable topics – topics they already knew something about – both as individuals and as part of our group. Color, as I’ve written before, was always both an easy and and…
We have a couple of home improvement projects going. One is a bathroom in the lower level of our house. It is a full bath that never got much use until my middle son moved downstairs to use the bedroom next to the bath when he went into middle school. The room has also been…
What’s with the color purple lately? This is a question I’ve been pondering. It all started when I decided to let my hair go gray at the beginning of the pandemic. By May, I knew that I needed to try and ease the transition between my colored hair and my naturally dark brunette hair that…
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Between your walls all those years ago. What was it like? Were you cold in the winter or did your fire keep you warm? Trees from the woods made your walls. Old oaks from a savanna that is no more, now covered with buckthorn galore. We know their age from counting their rings, the trees…
Autumn leaves, one of nature’s great gifts. A given gift without the task of asking or doing. A gift for the taking, if we choose to look. Brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds glow on this overcast, gray, autumn day from across the fields of corn and soybean. Autumn in the mid-west. So vibrant! Some appear…
