Category: Fatherhood
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Now for Something Completely Different: The Log Ride
I promised we’d continue talking about creative genius, this time with a few words about and by one of my heroes, poet William Stafford. But there is this thing called life which includes a pesky work schedule, and routine interruptions like groceries and doctor’s visits, so to keep you from being bored, and giving up…
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Look! It’s Working! It’s Magic! – Dad and another one of his stupid puns
Jon, Micah and I went for a stroll down by the river last Monday so I could show them the new River Walk in Sunbury, and the amphitheater where I read poetry with the poetesses for the peoples. But the dam had been deflated. No, you read that correctly–deflated. We have, I am told,…
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Blog Dude, Bloopers and Spaghetti
So recently Micah and I were looking at some of the blooper reel out takes from my National Poetry Month videos, and I thought it would be fun to post for you the blooper from my reading of Stevie Smith’s poem, “Our Bog is Dood.” The poem is so surreal, and yet so real, and…
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And Now for Something Completely Different: Milton, the Pussy Cat
Very recently, my husband-to-be (except I haven’t officially proposed yet, which is alright because neither has he, but we both agree on the eventual outcome) has moved into the house, and life here couldn’t be better. Well, since I not too long ago moved down here from the much smaller third floor apartment, there are still walls…
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Upcoming Readings and Cedar Waxwings
This is one of those hodge podge posts with odds and ends and ends and odds. It’s a rare day that the restaurant is closed and I get to have the day to myself. Happy fourth to those who celebrate it. I am not sure we understand that much about the holiday anymore here in…
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Another Proud Pops Story
That’s what he calls me when he says hello on the phone, or when he hugs me goodbye, “Pops.” Somehow it doesn’t really make me feel old, though he is in the middle of his college career now, making the grades and as always, making me proud. I was never good at sports myself, though…
