Mag #234
Magpie Tales is a blog “dedicated to the enjoyment of poets and writers, for the purpose of honing their craft, sharing it with like-minded bloggers, and keeping their muses alive and well.” Each week,...
View Article10 books I have read that have stayed with me
There’s a Facebook meme circulating to which I am moved to respond, especially because, in thinking about the challenge, I see that my choices are very idiosyncratic. And, while I read much more...
View Articleadventures in living in a home/school
Most people have a general idea of what home schooling is. What they don’t realize that there are infinite variations of how to go about teaching your kids at home. My 12 year old grandson is home...
View Articlemy Hallowe’en addiction
For as long as I can remember, I have dressed up for Hallowe’en. I start in September deciding on and building a costume. Last year I was a mad scientist. The year before, a Lady Bug. The year before...
View Articlemy delightful writing circle
I finally got off my lazy butt and organized a “writing circle” at the public library. It’s held every other Wednesday afternoon and is loosely based on the Amherst Writing Method. I say “loosely”...
View ArticleIt shouldn’t matter
It never mattered much before how often and where my poetry got published. I wrote because it was a compulsion. When I did send anything out, it was to publications to which I figured I had a good...
View Articlethey tickle my brain to words
Corinne Geersten composes “images of wonder and quirk,” and my ol’ blogger buddy Betsy Devine knew that I would be interested in Corinne’s “Call to Poets.” I am absolutely intrigued by every one of her...
View ArticleMy Annual Mother’s Day Tribute to My Kids
(I first posted this in 2006.) Some women take to mothering naturally. I had to work at it. And so I wasn’t the best mother in the world. I would have worked outside the home whether I had been a...
View Articleflawed but functional
A friend of my daughter has become a grandmother for the first time, so I decided to make the baby a flannel “quilt” that I happened to see online. But I forgot to bookmark the instructions, so I just...
View ArticlePaul read his poetry naked.
He was a crowd favorite at urban poetry readings, especially at the former punk club QE2 on Central Avenue, where he screamed his edgy and ironic “White Boy” poems — often completely naked....
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