If trees were tall and grasses short, As in some crazy tale, If here and there a sea were blue Beyond the breaking pale, If a fixed fire hung in the air To warm me one day through, If deep green hair grew on great hills, I know what I should do. In dark I […]
Sector 7 Praises Youthful Imagination
Though this will doubtlessly make me sound like a curmudgeon, I didn’t have “wordless books” as a child. No, I had plain, old picture books, and you know what? I feel like I missed out. Titles such as Brinton Turkle’s Deep in the Forest and Lynd Ward’s The Silver Pony tell sophisticated tales in a […]
Ode to the Bard
I fell in love with classical music at a young age. By accident. It happened as a byproduct of my environment. Songs from Kool and the Gang, The Police, and Michael Jackson played on the soundtrack of my childhood – right along with Brahms, Hayden, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart. In addition to pop tunes from the […]
I Will Not Let You Depart
This was one of my Papaw’s favorite poems. I have fond memories of him reciting this on his back porch, tearing up and recalling his own little children and their sneak attacks. It’s also a vision close to my heart. For the deep joy of a loving connection to my own kids is one of […]
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book
If you have children between the ages of four and ten, I commend to you the Bible Story Book by Elsie E. Egermeier, who sounds like a Dr. Seuss character, but isn’t. Originally published around 1922, Elsie’s (can I call her Elsie? Egermeier is SO hard to spell!) book provides a chronological overview of the […]
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