My Grandpa Larry was born on November 8, 1918, which would make today his 104th birthday. This summer, as part of my experience with the Colorado Writing Project, I wrote a poem about my grandparents’ home on Clyde Drive in Downer’s Grove, Illinois. I was fortunate enough to spend time there as I grew up. […]
Category: On Writing
Commentary *** My son and I were driving in the car recently. We got stuck in traffic, because the local high school had just wrapped up its graduation ceremony. He didn’t have much to say regarding the graduation itself, but he did decide to tell me what he “knew about high school.” “Well,” he breathed, […]
Writer’s Memo: I am spending part of this summer immersed in a class called The Colorado Writing Project. Playing with poetry has been just part of the gift of this course. I grew up in a house surrounded by woods. When I was a child, I loved to play and explore out back. For many […]
Writer’s Memo: I am currently taking a wonderful class called the Colorado Writing Project. As part of this, I have been playing with words a lot. Poetry is one of my favorite forms to write. This poem captures a new mom (me) just a week or so home from the hospital with her new baby […]
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me! Happy Birthday dear me-eeee, happy birthday to me! To honor this small occasion, I chose a writing prompt that suited me just right and set me up for a little daydream. Birthdays always make me think forward instead of backward. It seems like people ask what’s next […]
Isn’t October lovely? I think this is the most beautiful October I remember in recent years. With no wind or snow storm to deter them, the trees are standing in their glory. While walking amongst them this week, I listened to a podcast about creativity and writing. One of the speakers described herself as creative […]
