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
THE LADY WITH THE DARK HAIR Erin Bartels never disappoints. Whether she is echoing her own life in, The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water, or Read More
Poet Billy Collins Provides His View of Inspiration This week in the WSJ, Billy Collins, a former United States Poet Laureate, writes about his writing process and the Read More