The year of the earthquake, a friend sent me this book, A Flame of Faith, by Hazel Littlefield, published in 1972, for my birthday.  It...

Here are links to my posts about the books I read this year.  I didn't write many reviews this year, so mostly this is just a list of ti...

My daughter posted this Tweet on my Facebook wall yesterday. It has, indeed, been a tough year.  One of the things that helped a lot wa...

In 2015, my One Little Word was "unafraid."   I didn't do very well with being unafraid.  In fact, I was frequently afraid.  I...

Book #63 of the year was Because We Are , by Ted Oswald Book #64 was Saint Anything , by Sarah Dessen Book #65 was Armada , by Ernest C...

I love this poem and how it plays with what is "real" and what is "invented" in poetry, and writing in general.  The emo...

It's that time of year again: at Thanksgiving, I always read Pablo Neruda odes with my eighth graders, encouraging them to think about o...

In Mary Oliver's poem "In Blackwater Woods," she says that there are three things we have to learn in life.  One is "to l...

When  Irene Latham invited me to join in her celebration of ten years of blogging by contributing a post on the theme of WILD, I rem...

I wrote this post for Sarah Bessey's synchroblog . I used to think that by the time I was the age I am now, I’d have life figured out....

Book #46 of 2015 was All the Light we Cannot See , by Anthony Doerr Book #47 was Wild , by Cheryl Strayed Book #48 was Listen, Slowly ,...

Here's yesterday's roundup.

We don't have seasons where I live, except hot and a bit less hot, so I always enjoy watching the seasons change from afar.  A friend...

Several Poetry Fridays have gone by without a post.  I still seem to be working on getting back my equilibrium and adjusting to the changes ...

I posted here and here about our Open Mic events that we had here at school last year for National Poetry Month.  This school year we'...

I'm not sure where August went.  I remember it was a really sad month, as I said goodbye to my firstborn and dropped her off at college....

Here's today's roundup.

I seem to have read a lot of forgettable rubbish lately.  I'm embarrassed to include some of them in my list, but here they are: Book ...

It's Poetry Friday again!  I have been working in my classroom all week, getting ready for school to start next week.  We are going to s...

I missed a whole month of Poetry Fridays!  I am back home now, ready to enjoy the last few days of summer before I go back to work.  The sum...