A Cranky Reader: What I Crave When I Read Poetry

December 28, 2014

I was invited to write a guest blog post about poetry on Luanne Castle’s Writer Site. The following was first …

O Holy Night – The Sacred and Sublime in Art & Images

December 17, 2014

Originally posted on Deborah J. Brasket, Author:
I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to Charlotte Church…

December 11, 2014

I don’t know what it is I love about this song by Karen O, which debuted in Her, the acclaimed …

December 4, 2014

I’ve been ill–nothing serious–but lying in bed day after day, even surrounded by good books, tends toward melancholy. Reading Mary …

November 25, 2014

I am so angry at the outcome in Ferguson, that there was no indictment to allow a court of law …

November 20, 2014

What is it that I love about the wildly weird, dark and dorky stories of George Saunders? Ever since reading …

November 11, 2014

In the graduation speech that went viral last year, George Saunders wrote: “Most people, as they age, become less selfish and more …

October 28, 2014

Last October I posted a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I experienced growing up, …

October 19, 2014

Wallace Stevens’ poem “Sunday Morning” ends with these lines: We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old …

October 9, 2014

Originally posted on Writings from Wild Soul:
NASA photo My writing group started up again this week. A lovely circle of women who…