Set Break

Someone has their window down. I hear a ripple of melody as I pull to the stoplight. I smile, “US Continue reading →

Reading & Writing: lovers

I should tell you that I have a lover, or to be precise I have seven. As you pick up Continue reading →

Saturday morning song — poetic living

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright, The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are Continue reading →

Tuesday song — poetry & prose: rivers

The incomparable Langston Hughes wrote a poem about rivers long ago, how the water flowed through time and people – Continue reading →

reading & writing: “and”

“And a one, and a two…” anyone of a certain age recalls that iconic kick-start to a Lawrence Welk band Continue reading →

Friday song — poetry & prose: sing a song

Driving home from work the other night, when the stars were tucked into a rainy blanket and the chill misted Continue reading →

Birthday song — poetry & prose: there and back again

When I was a little girl, my Daddy taught me to dance – first standing on his size 13 wingtips, and Continue reading →

Reading & Writing: pollyanna-ish

Did you ever read “Pollyanna?” — the turn of the century novel by Eleanor Porter? It’s not the completely saccharine Disney Continue reading →