Hey there, little guy. It’s been almost a week now. I washed your blankets and hung them on the line. The mats and small rugs we scattered around on the wood floors to help you with traction are stored away. The Painter put your bed in the storage room and washed your food and water … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Mary Oliver
Smaller Dog – Stephen Cushman We can’t all be brightest in the sky or the biggest guy in outer space. But I don’t envy anybody’s place or need to feel I have no worth because I’m far from Orion’s heel. My yellow-white double star delivers its light to nearby Earth in eleven years flat, which … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Howard Cushman
The Best Moment of the Night – Tony Hoagland You had a moment with the dog, down near the base of the butcher-block table just as the party was getting started. Just as the guests were bringing in their potluck salads and vegetarian lasagna, setting them down on the buffet, you had an unforeseeable exchange … Continue reading Poem of the Week, by Tony Hoagland
Goodies from my mailbox and camera
Telling all sides of the parenting story
Waking Up to Your Dreams
On James Baldwin and Diverse Literature
Putting those recalcitrant toddler cancer cells to bed...
your own PDK for writing
a collection of beautiful words.....
Objects, Memory and Meaning
If it can't be said in a hundred words, then it can't be said in a thousand.
sewing a handmade wardrobe
"drink from the well of your self and begin again" ~charles bukowski
Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.
Thoughts on the world around me
Alison McGhee 