
I love how the sky and the water meet in the distance in similar shapes. The picture makes the brackish water beautiful because it meets the sky.

I love how the sky and the water meet in the distance in similar shapes. The picture makes the brackish water beautiful because it meets the sky.

I read the poem titled “The Girl Who Should Have Been a Boy” by Alethea Kehas, who writes at The Light Behind the Story. This was at an event in Hartford called “Other People’s Poetry.” The rule is that you can’t read your own poems, so I was happy to read from this magnificent anthology.
The anthology is available here. Thanks as always to Gabriela Marie Milton for publishing this wonderful book.

The book I contributed to, Hidden in Childhood, is a bestseller on Amazon! If you are interested, get your copy here.
Congratulation to Gabriela Marie Milton and thanks again for accepting my poem!

… will be very uncomfortable. And quite cold.


First tracks in a snowstorm!

If there are more of me, maybe one of them can kick in and write some blog posts 🤣
We are celebrating National Kindness Week at our school. Today’s theme is “Tied Together by Kindness”. Students and staff are asked to wear a tie to show how we are all connected.
Realizing that many people wouldn’t have ties, I cleaned out my closet last night and brought in a bag full.

The bag is now empty, and the halls are full of people with my ties on.
What is hilarious about this is how this links to my past. In high school, I was labeled a nerd. In the 1980’s being a nerd was like having a target on your back.
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