Welcome to Poetry Friday! Our host for this week is the talented and fellow nature lover, Rose Cappelli. You can join the round-up on her blog at Imagine the Possibilities. This week, I want to celebrate Jone Rush MacCulloch’s new book, Tilt, by offering my review of this novel in verse. I’ve been blessed by…
Some years ago at this time of year, I posted a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and received some admonition about choosing it. Those criticisms were from people who misinterpreted the poem at face value and thought the poet was a racist. He was, in fact, an abolitionist who put his views into poetry. The…
Hello, again! It’s already Friday! I hope you’ve all had a good week. My week has held some ups and downs or highs and lows as our Pastor used to say to our confirmands. And as a result, I feel kind of funky. Hold on to that word…I’ll get back to it later in this…
Although I do buy books regularly, I am also a frequent visitor to the library. At the end of June, I borrowed a stack of books from our tiny local library branch. I was in search of a few classics to offer to read along with my overseas tutee. There, I came up short. Her…
I missed posting yesterday. I have been traveling and yesterday was a busy day. We’re in Buffalo New York, not for the eclipse but to visit my sister and my sister-in-law. We have just come from spending five days in Brockport, a little town outside of Rochester, New York where my Dad lives. I visited…
Happy Poetry Friday! The round-up today is hosted by Tracey Kiff-Judson on her blog: Tangles & Tails. Thanks for hosting Tracey! I didn’t intend to post today but here I am. It’s been an odd few weeks. I’m tired, as I’ve not been sleeping well – so expect this post to be all over the place….
This year, my one little word found me, instead of me finding it. I’ve not always participated in the choosing of one word to guide our year, but I found that I didn’t have a choice this year. My word is ENOUGH. If you look up that word in the dictionary, you’ll find it has…
Usually, on Friday, I write a poem and post it to the Poetry Friday group I participate in. Then, I cross-post it to my Medium.com page. The cross-posting is relatively new – six months or so,. The Poetry Friday post has been a routine for years. I have taken breaks from this group but not…
When you move it’s important to be organized and efficient. We were. My husband managed his shop and major indoor projects like fixing the tiny holes left in walls by hanging artwork. He also made sure the yard was in good shape. We had 3.25 acres and lots of gardens, so that was a major…
I don’t have many regrets about life. But, one I do have is that we lived in Baltimore for two years and we never went to the Concert- Fireworks on the Capitol lawn in Washington, D.C. You know, the one they show on PBS – a Capitol Fourth I think it is called. The time…