March 07 2022
I I recently took two of my grandkids to the Susan B. Anthony house. The kids have learned about her in school, of course, but there’s nothing like going to the actual place she lived to fully experience a person’s life. Susan lived with her sister, Mary, and their mother in this house at 17 […]
May 20 2016
I’ve been discovering that my grandkids are much better at social interactions with their peer group than I am. No matter where we go, if there are other kids close to their ages, they approach them with the eager words, “Do you want to play with me/us?” At times they’ve even tried to introduce me. […]
March 23 2016
Whenever I do a book talk someone inevitably asks which of the books that I’ve written is my favorite. I always respond that it’s like asking which of my children or grandchildren is my favorite. Impossible to say. This past fall, it so happened that the fifth novel in my Rochester series for kids was released in the […]
February 19 2016
Earlier this winter I happened to stop at a gas station that I go to only when I’m in the neighborhood. It’s not my regular station. As soon as I pulled in, an attendant came out of the store and approached my car window. I was expecting him to tell me that the pumps weren’t […]
February 08 2016
Last week I went to GEVA for the first time in quite awhile. Upon the recommendation of a couple of friends, I saw Miracle on South Division Street. One friend who recommended it said that it reminded her of my work because Tom Dudzick, the playwright, took a real landmark in Buffalo and created a […]
September 17 2015
I don’t know if it has an official name, but I suffer from the fear of not having a book with me. Have you ever been in a doctor’s waiting room and panicked because you forgot your book? Yes, the magazines in the waiting room will do in a pinch, but I try to come […]
August 19 2015
I’ve been spending as much time as possible outside this summer, and I’ve been paying more attention to the sounds of the birds, trying to distinguish each bird by its call. Some are easy. The shrill call of the cardinal matches its flaming red color and is unmistakable. Likewise the soft coos of the […]
July 20 2015
It’s no secret that I love my grandchildren. I love them unconditionally just because they are. But one of the things I love about them is that they are cheerleaders for each other. For example, when Evie got up the courage to jump in the swimming pool with no one to catch him, Molly yelled, […]
May 28 2015
After posting all those poems in April, I was taking a little blogging break. This week I started thinking that I should get back to it, but nothing seemed worth blogging about. Today I got my inspiration. I was at the Riverside Convention Center helping to set up the prayer room for the ELCA Synod […]
April 30 2015
Here we are – the last day of April. This is the last poem I’ll be posting for a while, but I’ll be out looking for poetry in everything I see and do. How about you? Next So long, April. It’s been fun, but just one of those flings. Didn’t I tell you […]