Poetry Month: Let's End with Favorites
I can recite my most un-favorite poem. It only takes a second, because it's really short. It is by William Carlos Willams, titled "The...
Financial Peace
I am a firm believer that everyone has a story and everyone’s story can benefit at least one other person. I have been encouraged,...
The Car Wash
Today I took the car to the car wash – a beautiful spring day almost demands it, doesn’t it? I’m lazy, so I go to the automatic car wash....
The Famous Bards Poetry 3C
As we discussed in Poetry 3C, a poet laureate is a nation’s official poet. He or she is responsible helping the people love and...
Magic takes Money
I remember going to the library when I was very young. It was at the local elementary school, on the second or third floor of a large red...
The Famous Bards Poetry 3B
Alfred, Lord Tennyson served as Great Britain’s poet laureate during much of Queen Victoria’s reign. Born in 1809, he was the son of a...
The Tilt-a-whirl of Life
I remember amusement park rides with some nostalgia, some trepidation, and some nausea. I love the swings, though many people say it...
The Famous Bards Poetry 3A
We call William Shakespeare “The Bard,” capital T, capital B. But a bard is simply someone who sang poetry, a word we may have been more...
Murderer in Jester's Clothing
We've all done it: used sarcasm to offer a covert opinion of something. Instead of saying I don't like this presidential candidate, I...
Would You Rather?
Would you rather eat a Hershey’s milk chocolate candy bar or a Hershey’s bar with Almonds? Or how about a Hershey’s Cookies and Cream...
