One of my goals for this year is to ramp up my blog readership to at least fifty visitors a day. This month, February – a short month, that goal will be hard to reach. I was on target until a few days ago when I noted a failure to reach the previously attainable number….
My post will be brief for this Poetry Friday! It’s been a week of subzero temps here in the mid-west and today is no different. However, errands must still be done, so I’m off to take care of things while it is still sunny and the illusion persists that it is warmer that it truly…
This morning I got a hair cut. Luckily, my stylist owns her salon and she only takes one appointment at a time. Aside from a few months at the start of the pandemic, she’s been open for business. I am thankful for both of our sakes. She needs to have income from her business and…
What’s your favorite treat? Without a doubt mine is licorice! Until a few years ago, I only knew licorice from the grocery store. The treat came in the form of Twizzlers and some of the imported Australian brands. But, that is before I went to The Netherlands and had Dutch licorice! Known in Holland as…
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…
It’s two weeks after I last wrote about the poor vaccination roll out in New York State. I live in Wisconsin but was in New York visiting my parents when they opened vaccine registration to group 1B. My parents are still awaiting an appointment. I’ve checked EVERY day for the last 19 days and have…
Next week marks the one year anniversary of our last vacation. The second week of February 2020, my husband and I went on a trip for pleasure! We went to Santa Fe, New Mexico for a week. It was his choice of venue and the kick off (we thought) to years of travelling as a…
When I was dating my husband (which seems like eons ago) I was treated to some wonderful homegrown produce and fruit. One of the things I most enjoyed was their concord grapes, grown at the back of their large yard. Four rows, each 200 feet long, according to my husband’s memory, separating the lawn from…
Yesterday I was motivated to bake. My mom sent me home from New York with an extra copy of the Taste of Home cooking magazine. While I used to have a subscription to this monthly source of recipes, I let it lapse because I rarely found a keeper in it. But, since I hadn’t browsed…
Last night, after watching two football teams I like play poorly and listen to the sports announcers trash both, I decided there are things I need to ignore for a while. In addition, this decision arose after a week of trying to schedule my parents COVID-19 vaccine. I am the type of person who gives…