It's been sort of a poetic week around here. Tuesday I added my line to the Progressive Poem , and Sunday was my blog birthday. Sevent...

It's the beginning of my work day here in Uganda, and I'm sitting in the library with a pile of grading on the table in front of me....

In Kampala we are waiting to see if we're celebrating Eid, the end of Ramadan, with a day off tomorrow or Saturday. If it's Saturday...

Book #15 of the year was Glittering Images , #17 was Glamorous Powers , and #21 was Mystical Paths , all three by Susan Howatch and all th...

This is the least involved I've been in National Poetry Month in many many years. I will have a line in the Progressive Poem, and I am s...

I shared this Emily Dickinson poem for Good Friday in 2017, and here it is again. To know just how He suffered — would be dear — To know if...

  When I looked at the calendar at the end of last year, I saw that SJT would be on Maundy Thursday in April. This day is very important in...

April 1 Mary Lee Hahn,  Another Year of Reading April 2 Heidi Mordhorst,  My Juicy Little Universe April 3 Tabatha,  The Opposite of Ind...

Book #11 of the year was An Episode of Sparrows , by Rumer Godden. I have been gradually trying to read all of Godden's books, and I enj...

It is not Thursday, and this post was supposed to be written by March 2nd. But the prompt was so good that I couldn't resist doing it, e...

In addition to my already full schedule, I've been helping with the school play, "The Tempest," complete with 80s music. It...

Book #5 of 2023 was The Hawthorne Legacy , by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. This is the second in the Inheritance Games series. I finished the firs...

Today I have some poems about snow. The first two are haiku based on photos sent me by friends last week (click on the picture to enlarge it...

Feather by Lew R. Sarett High in the noon's bright bowl of blue I saw an idling eagle tilt His suave white wings.  As smooth he flew As ...

This month our host for Spiritual Journey Thursday, Bob , asked us to think about colors. He wrote, "We are all called to be shining li...

My OLW, Feather, comes up in so many poems. Feathers are inherently poetic and beautiful: here are some links that illustrate that.      I...

I really wanted to do a better job with Poetry Friday this year, but last week there were obstacles like exams and grades and such non-poeti...

Here are the first four books I've finished in 2023. Book #1 of 2023 was something I found at the grocery store. I'm trying not to ...

As my break from school barrels to a close, I am taking some time to write down the thoughts that have been going through my mind about my O...

Here are the last few books I finished in 2022: Book #75 of the year was Worlds of Ink and Shadow: A Novel of the Brontës , by Lena Coakley...