Sun pours down like honey

The great news is that Neil Gaiman's book, The Graveyard Book, won the Newbery. I loved this book, my 22 year old daughter just loved t...

Jane, we hardly know you...at least not like this . My son emailed this to me and I nearly fell out of the chair...depending on your sensibi...

that plastic bag in the tree

The Selkirk Grace (attributed to Robert Burns) Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, ...

On the eve of Robert Burns' 250th birthday, the trek to Kearny, NJ where scores of Scots get their food fixes. I remember my Dad, my Aun...

I like this story from another inauguration a lot. Love the duet at the end. And this around the world photoblog site is sublime armchai...

I am loving seeing the word President in front of this man's name. President Barack Obama . Wow, that sounds Terrific!

I had it all planned when I realized that January 15th would be my one year blog anniversary. I would muse about how much I've come to ...

Empower me to be a bold participant, rather than a timid saint in waiting, in the difficult ordinariness of now; to exercise the authority o...

Here is one of my new favorites, courtesy of the always terrific VSL which brings great finds to my e-mail constantly. This great stumble-...

My Dad had the corner on loving the series The Prisoner as well as being a big fan of Patrick McGoohan . My husband loves the series as well...

(On Care) "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bere...

At least in its wordplay form! No fan dances and la de dah here, at least not in this post although I am wearing my polar bear design pajam...

while I'm at work. The son magicked by the deer, the husband too, until he becomes angry about the rude adults who burst onto the scene ...

"For the angels who inhabit this town, although their shape constantly changes..." Locked Doors by Anne Sexton

Roger Rosenblatt is a friend of mine. He doesn't know me from a hole in the wall, of course, but he's one of those literary friends ...

Snow a perfect way to end the year, running errands in snow boots, the yard frosting perfect; nothing better than being warm inside when the...

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. -C.S. Lewis

Here and then gone, so long in coming, so quickly over. One moment I am thinking Dicken's thoughts of how I should hold Christmas in my ...