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Welcome to another edition of Open Book Blog Hop. This week’s question is: “Besides writing, what other ‘subjects’ are you good at?” You can read the full post at the…

Happy Father’s Day! In loving memory of my dad, who will have been gone ten years this August, here’s a poem I wrote years ago about something he and I…

I was drawn to this book after hearing an interview with Kwame Alexander on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. I like how he uses poetry, prose, and recipes to share…

I like to walk outdoors after it has been raining. The air smells so sweet. The breeze feels so cool. You can read the full post at the link below….

When I was growing up in Tucson, Arizona, there were plenty of places where my family could swim. We often used a local park’s wading pool. Next to it was…

A book group in which I participated recently discussed We All Want Impossible Things. The book’s subject of death drew me to it. Having lost a husband, both parents and…

I was walking along the beach when I spotted a box at the water’s edge. I stopped, but remembering the song about the mysterious thing in a box someone found…

As a child of five or six, I watched Mother push the mower back and forth across the grass. Afterward, I ran, rolled, drank in the scent. You can read…

In this digital age, I wonder how many people still use radios. I rarely do, now that I have a smart speaker that can play the stations to which I…