This week I began some more intensive poetry study with my literature students. It’s spring; we’re all getting itchy to be done with school; the flowers are blooming, and gosh I’m in a poetry mood. Fortunately, my last-August self had the foresight to plan poetry for this time of year because I knew that would […]
Baby Seed Song
One of my favorite quotes about spring is from Margaret Atwood: “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” Is anyone planting a garden this time of year? It takes patience to wait for those first green shoots to emerge from the soil. Imagine if you could overhear the […]
The End
Our oldest son finished the Harry Potter series last year. When he finished each book, we’d have a movie night for just the two of us. It was a fun process for both of us, and now his next-youngest brother is following suit. All the boys — we have four — have been taking turns […]
When Early March Seems Middle May
—– —– —– Do you have daffodils at your house? We have boatloads of them. They popped up through the soil pretty early in January, but the buds have remained shut up tight until this week, when we were dazzled by sunny yellow faces everywhere. I hope those of you in frostier places […]
Animal Crackers
Today we are delighted to welcome Kelly Keller to the SW team as a regular contributor. Kelly has written some lovely posts for us before and now she’ll be on the hook for more. I’m excited to have her joining the team, partly because she’ll be a wealth of resources for our Friday offerings. Here’s her first for SW […]
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