Keep Chirping – Poetry &  What Divides Us

Keep Chirping – Poetry & What Divides Us

Word of the day: a cephalophore is any of a group of Catholic martyrs who were supposed to carry their heads in their hands.  Also:  The family of mollusks with distinct heads. Family of ventricose or filliform mushrooms. (wordnik.com) I came across this image in a...
Spring Cats – Feline Poetry & T.S. Eliot

Spring Cats – Feline Poetry & T.S. Eliot

    This spring cats are everywhere, in my reading, on my whiteboard, in illustrations.  I came across Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot in Haslams, a sprawling old book store in St. Petersburg, Florida.  The subject didn’t appeal...
Giving Thanks For Teenage Children

Giving Thanks For Teenage Children

My first baby screamed for six weeks. We didn’t know what we were doing; neither of us ever babysat a child, much less an infant.  I remember coming home from the hospital and setting our baby and her carrier in the entrance, letting out a breath, thinking “Phew, the...