It was pouring yesterday. New York city got more than 8 inches of rain, Brooklyn having been hit the worst. We got a lot too. Inches for sure. We had gotten two non-rainy days, but Ophelia, the hurricane that was,… Read More ›
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FIRE AND ICE – Robert Frost
He was our “local” poet. I have always loved his poems, but even more since I moved to New England. He understood this place and its people. We have a portrait of him taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt hanging in our… Read More ›
THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW…
FOTD – October 19 – Autumn Leaves My mother used to sing nursery rhymes to me and I always remember them as music.
YOU, A LIBERATION LYRIC – RICH PASCHALL
by Rich Paschall Since it is National Poetry Month, I thought I would share my favorite lyric from the musical Liberation. We previously told you the story of Liberation – A Musical That Almost Was and the book’s co-author, Betty…. Read More ›
Fresh Prizes: For Marilyn and Garry | lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
A happy 30th anniversary to both of us. Who imagined we’d last this long? Fresh Prizes Even though she thinks she knows him to the bone, another little detail comes forward to be shown. Like a little prize, presented for… Read More ›
America’s Burning | lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
AMERICA’S BURNING By JUDY DYKSTRA-BROWN America’s Burning Count the faces. Take a tally of the peaceful protest rally. Their routine is most well-planned, masks in place, placards in hand. Enter police. Down on belly!!! Enter newscasters for telly. Teargas in… Read More ›
HUNKER IN THE BUNKER – RICH PASCHALL
A Viral Verse, by Rich Paschall It’s time to hunker in your Bunker. But don’t sequester next to Lester. He might have the virus. He’s been sitting close to Iris. And stay away from Bill, He thinks he’s got a… Read More ›
FIRE AND ICE By ROBERT FROST
I have always loved this poem. It is one of the few I have committed to memory. Today, I think it has acquired new and fearsome levels of meaning, many more than it had when I first read it, many… Read More ›
STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY NIGHT – ROBERT FROST
Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright 1923, © 1969 by Henry Holt and Company, Inc., renewed 1951, by Robert Frost. Reprinted with the permission of Henry Holt… Read More ›
THE HOLLOW MEN by T.S. ELLIOTT – Marilyn Armstrong
A poem for our times and for times yet to come. Mistah Kurtz-he dead A penny for the Old Guy I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried… Read More ›
CASEY AT THE BAT – Marilyn Armstrong
On the last day of trade-making, much to the shock and dismay of Red Sox fans, we didn’t make a single deal and we needed one or two bullpen guys. How badly did we need a closer? Bad enough so… Read More ›
GEORGE AND T’ DRAGON – Reblog from Sue Vincent
If you thought you knew the story of George and his dragon, try this new version 😀 From Sue Vincent over the pond.