Happy Poetry Friday!  This lovely love poem to poetry and poets sings for itself:  Tonight I Am In Love by Dorianne Laux Tonight, I am in lo...

Reading aloud to my daughters is a part of their childhood that I remember with deep and iridescent affection. And since we homeschooled, we...

We hit the zoo yesterday. If you've never been to the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium , you must — youmustyoumustyoumust — go if you'...

Do you need to take a beat? Are you longing to sink back in time to a snapshot — both tiny and enormous — of your past?  Then I give you thi...

Do you call them lightning bugs or fireflies?  Glow worms?  Something else?  Whatever you call them, they've probably provided you with ...

Last week, Tabatha, who happens to be the host of today’s Poetry Friday round-up , mentioned the poem she once wrote for me during a Summer ...

This week, Mary Lee Hahn, at A(nother) Year of Reading , is hosting an "Independence Day Roundup of Protest and Praise for This Complic...

The challenge:  Last month, Tanita (who also happens to be this week's Poetry Friday host) said:  Poetry Peeps! You’re invited to our c...

Should this be the summer I finally read Proust?  I must confess that this theater major-turned-English major (oh, and I threw a philosophy ...

Last week I mentioned Wendell Berry's poetic tribute to Hayden Carruth, so this week I'm sharing some Carruth poetics. This one'...

This poem by Wendell Berry perfectly describes the way I feel when I read Wendell Berry, which is apparently the same way Wendell Berry feel...

The bride at age ten.  We haven't had a wedding in the family since the pandemic, when our beautiful "Betsy Ray" (Lizzy) got m...

I'm still bouncing back here, so next week I'll have the whole account of a recent joyful event in our lives. The last time I report...

We've been so busy here! And now I've got bronchitis, so I'm too tired to be interesting. I plan to fill you in on everything ne...

Sometimes it's hard to feel kind these days. But I keep reminding myself that even in our tumultuous country and climate, kindness is wo...