50 degrees when measured in Fahrenheit makes for a pleasant day perhaps even a bit chilly. A light jacket
There is a great Czar of the Snow Alongside a Lady of Glencoe They share poems and verse Whether lengthy or terse Over Zoom is their method of flow…
My Grandpa was Irish Or at least his parents were So every year we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for corned beef and cabbage.
Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River… was published more than a century… Its enduring popularity derives fr… telling truths about the human con… The most compelling message of all
As I understand it, here’s what a… First, select the best words for s… Then bind them together with an ir… Tweak them as needed, to make the… And turn them loose, so the world…
Each and every year, it gets to me… I start to gird myself as George… on a snowy Christmas eve and retur… while his neighbors cobble togethe… and his brother Harry offers a toa…
Making myself write As I’m doing this moment Isn’t a bad thing
Trump styled himself as “the fucki… Meaning he could do anything he wa… To remain in power, whatever the c… He dispatched an armed mob to our… To overturn a fair election and se…
July 19, 2013 Chicago, Illinois On a brutally hot night Ed stood beneath the scoreboard of the ballpark he loves
Gary Paulsen’s written legacy wou… without the librarian who took an… and gave him the library card that… Paulsen authored hundreds of books… which sold millions of copies
A Friday morning brings forth my… For all of the good things in life So when that song plays on the rad… To remind me of music’s soothing c… I sing right along, secure in the…
Dozens of face masks In varied sizes, materials, and co… Were shoved into a coffee can Over the course of the pandemic. Tossing them into the garbage toda…
Inspiration is not an obedient dog that comes whenever it is called or patiently waits around to be shown some attention. Inspiration is closer to a bird
Our earth is now more dry and warm Than we’ve ever seen before. And climate trends suggest that We’ll see this even more. As the planet dries, to great exte…
When I was a kid in the 1970s When there were two types of gas a… Regular and Unleaded. The Unleaded kind cost more, So most people used Regular inste…
