As I've written about already on this blog, I spent some time in the hospital this summer getting my system calibrated after being diagn...

We're back to school next week, so my extended extra-reading time is about to end. Here's what I've been reading lately.   Book ...

  This week's roundup is here.

A few days after I got home from the hospital, I got a message from a friend who lives nearby. She asked if she could bring over a book for ...

Book #45 of the year was Gold , by Chris Cleave. This is the story of three friends who meet through their training for Olympic cycling. Zo...

No matter what has happened in the past few months, the Academy of American Poets has been there. I was so impressed by their Shelter in Poe...

From The Book of Common Prayer For a Sick Person O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We humbly beseec...

Much thanks to Carol Varsalona , who sent me a lovely digital journal for the Summer Poetry Swap. Here are some screen grabs of it: ...

In an effort to lower my snarkiness level, I am going to write a post about what I've been reading. It's a challenge to find the per...

Welcome, fellow poetry lovers! I'm excited to welcome you to my blog to share your links. I have been participating in Poetry Friday for...

John Green referenced this poem on his podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed , which I frequently listen to with my son. In June's episode, ...

My daughter has lived in the desert this year. It's the first time she's lived somewhere I haven't been, and I squint at the rar...

I recently received several beautiful poems from Kat Apel as part of the Summer Poetry Swap (organized by Tabatha Yeatts - thanks, Tabatha...

  "Survivors deserve crosses too." This absorbing novel,  Fragments of Light, by Michèle Phoenix, is about several types of s...

Book #27 of 2020 was The Glass Hotel , by Emily St. John Mandel. I loved Station Eleven, which I read back in 2016. This one didn't re...

Today's roundup host, the inimitable Irene , has requested that we honor Nikki Grimes today. What a wonderful idea! Irene points out tha...

What an awful week it's been. What an awful year it's been. I have been posting a lot, here and on social media, about the generaliz...