Archive for February 2012
Sunday Poetry: A Burning Light
Welcome to Sunday Poetry. If this is your first visit you can read about the purpose and inspiration of my Sunday poetry blogs here. I fell in love with this poem and poet immediately. The poem is short, but it packs a large punch. I found Boarding House after first finding Ted Kooser through another poem on the…
Read MoreWords and the Way We Use Them
Sometimes we stumble into history. My husband and I did exactly that last week when we chose to visit Mt. Dora, Florida. Little did we know that Newt Gingrich was planning a visit, too. The Florida Republican primaries were in full swing, and so was the Gingrich entourage. As we ate breakfast on the porch…
Read MoreAmazing Grace
Florida. What’s not to love about my home state in January? Last Monday I stepped off a plane in Orlando and saw palm trees and sunshine, not to mention a host of children sporting mouse ears. It was home-like if not exactly home. Disney was still quietly buying up orange groves when I spent two…
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