Memories…Do We Ever Really Leave the Nest? Do people write memoirs to hang on to the illusions of childhood? Oh so wonderful, that lost childhood! Despite my father’s Read More
Reading & Creating….The Ghosting Deer and Dylan Thomas’s FERN HILL Two weeks ago I wrote about critters…deer, a woodchuck, others who invaded my yard when I lived in Iowa. So Read More
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD My title is taken from a song celebrated in the musical OLIVER. In typical Broadway fashion, Oliver Twist and the Read More
HOW TO CATCH A CRITTER….OR LIVE WITH THEM. WHO LIVES HERE??? When we moved from Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa, we were excited about the deck on Read More
SOLAR ECLIPSE: When Earthlings Are Not In Control: Annie Dillard; Melissa Kirsch You might have read Annie Dillard’s work: An American Childhood; Teaching a Stone to Talk. I admit that I haven’t Read More
What Good Friday Teaches Us About Cynicism For my post this Easter Weekend, I am sharing sections of an opinion written by the late Michael Gerson, which Read More
Mom, I Get It Now We all have mothers, and as we proceed through our lives, we sometimes question their actions. Obviously, we Read More