It's been another rough year, but here's hoping that 2022 holds better things. Today I'm sharing some photos of some poetic thin...

My concentration and time for reading have been limited, and also I've been waiting until I would have time to write proper reviews of w...

My head is sort of spinning. I'm having Christmas in the US for the first time since 2010, and that year we spent it in Florida. So this...

This week my tropically raised son experienced his first snow since he left home for college. I'm sharing a snow poem today by Emily Dic...

Last night my writing group met over Zoom. It had been a long time -- I'm not even sure how long. "Have you written anything?"...

  Christine Margocs , our host this month, has directed our attention to Advent, asking us to reflect on "Waiting...with a side of Hope...

  Here's the spot to access all the Gratiku from November 2021 in one place! Day 1: Internet Day 2: Black-and-white Warbler   Day 3: Imp...

  Yesterday I ate my first one this year of those fruits in the photo. In Haiti we call them mandarines , but in our house we call them mika...

  So many people in Haiti are in captivity right now, held by kidnappers. Years ago, a friend who had cancer told me to be thankful every ti...

  You stood beside me Promised to be there always: Love, here you still are Birdtober? Gratiku? What's up with me and these made-up word...

  Pillows and podcasts Rest from all there is to do Saturday morning Birdtober? Gratiku? What's up with me and these made-up words and ...

I'm hosting Poetry Friday this week, the week of Thanksgiving! Leave your links in the comments and I will round them up, old-school sty...

  "Don't you want to thank someone for this?" asks Andrew Peterson in his song (see the video below). Yes, I do want to thank ...

  Yesterday I wrote about listening, and how thankful I am for it. Today I'm thinking about not listening, about those times when you cl...

  Yesterday I listened to this Ted Talk by Hrishikesh Hirway in which he talks about listening and gives some ways to do it better. He also...

  I've been teaching all or almost all middle schoolers for about fifteen years now. I love this age, the way they are still little kids...

Who knows what makes healing happen? Sure, it's the surgery, and the medicine, and the therapy. It's the determination of the patien...

  Today I'm thankful for this cheerful and active little bird, bouncing around my yard. I already wrote about this species some here , a...

  Today I am thankful for my children, for the chance to be a mother, and for all those years they spent in my home. What a privilege it was...

  Today I am thankful for the sun. So far, nobody has been able to block Haiti from receiving that. It makes me happy, and it also brings po...