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Slamming the Poetry
| "Poetry is like a sport to you!"This was the observation of one of my seventh-graders yesterday afternoon. He continued, "Everyone else says, 'Aw, man, I missed that basket at the game,' but you're... |
Sitting here at B...
| Sitting here at Borders with a baby on my knees. He's sleeping pretty good, although he's not quite sure that he wants to be asleep.See? This is Pierce, my friend Tammy's baby. He and I have bonded... |
Can I just say ho...
| Can I just say how much I love the movie While You Were Sleeping? It's such a classic. I rewatched it recently, and I was struck with how much better it is than any romcom I've seen in the last few... |
I almost didn't g...
| I almost didn't go to the "Middle School Poetry Slam" that I saw advertised at the Lebanon Coffee Shop. I was tired, and there was grading to do, and my throat still hurts. But I did. I pulled on s... |
Lebanon has a new...
| Lebanon has a new bakery. (Yay! Go Lebanon!) It's right by Dutch Bros., which is a great location, if you ask me. And best of all, it's open at 6 a.m. For those of us who are, you know, up and abou... |
Bleh. I've been d...
| Bleh. I've been dealing with this nasty sore throat for about a week now. It teases my by giving me brief periods of feeling well, where I can work in the garden or play games with my friends, and ... |
Spent most of the...
| Spent most of the day outside, pulling weeds, planting an early crop of onions and peas, cleaning up last year's dead stuff, and scattering flower seeds. Spring is coming! |
Observing
| Welcome to the Lenten season. This is one of my favorite times of year, as I'm sure I've mentioned before. (In fact, if you'd like to read what I've written about Lent in past years, you can click ... |
A Jonah Day
| I've had a more or less wretched day--or, as Anne would call it, a Jonah Day. However, rather than a string of unlucky experiences, there were just two: first, that I'm coming down with something t... |
If at first I don't succeed...
| In the spirit of No-Fail February, there is another failing I must confess and put right. Months ago (let's not calculate exactly how many months, ok?), a certain poet contacted me about reviewing ... |
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