September brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...

On the way home from town yesterday in the surprising cool of a late August afternoon I noticed a tinge of yellow on the leaves. It seems...

Last week I took a course at the writing festival in Iowa City called Novel in a Week taught by Kelly Dwyer.  I discovered why it was was...

It is my first grandson’s birthday today. From the first he has been a gift, along with my title of Nana. Being a grandparent I am able...

A habit of words. #napowrimo #poetry #Writing

I have written a poem a day for the last twenty-two days. I gave my word to do it and so I did. It is not about inspiration or finding...

It’s poetry month and I am writing a poem a day with a small group of friends. We are posting up to a private shared page where we get to...

I will not be hosting Seder tonight or tomorrow, a rarity for me. We will be sharing it with friends at their homes. I’ve always loved...

Woke to a dense fog this morning. Winter disappearing. There is no snow left on the ground. The freeze on the pond has become mist, all...

I have entered a new phase in my relationship with the book I am working on. After almost a week of being home alone, with multiple snows...

Wishing Time Away. #place #poetry #time #Writing

Winter has seen fit to descend finally and the last days have been bitter cold and snow covered, nothing like the northeast I know. But...

Here’s what I love about giving a reading – it makes me look at my work in a different way. I search out themes and rhythms, timings,...

At sundown this evening Rosh Hashanah begins. Over the last five years I’ve given time in the preceding weeks to puzzling out how I want...

I hadn’t submitted anything to the last issue of Rattle, the theme of single parenthood didn’t apply to me. At least that’s what I...

What I see outside my window is silence. I don’t mean there are no sounds, but rather there is an absence of noise, I hear a woodpeckers...

Much of the reason I started this blog is give myself a mandate to practice writing something in a short prose form addressed to a...