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Araminta

Araminta

Poetry Friday. Before you read my poem “Araminta,” I must tell you the amazing story of my characters’ names . . . I needed a name. In fact, I needed two names. Not just any names. One had to begin with the sound /n/ and have three syllables. The...
Teach Writing Well

Teach Writing Well

Slice of Life. It was Friday, February 13th, and I was thinking about lots of things and trying to wrap up a lot of loose ends. I spent some delightful time with the #PoetryFriday community at the Happy Birthday party for Lee Bennett Hopkins over at Robyn’s...
Daniel’s God

Daniel’s God

Celebrate the Week Daniel in the Lions’ Den is one of my forever favorite stories. When I was little, the lions captivated my attention. When I grew older, I found strength in Daniel’s faithfulness, choosing to keep God’s law no matter the...
Crows and a DEET-ed Tick

Crows and a DEET-ed Tick

Poetry Friday I’m so glad you stop by to join me and the #PoetryFriday community with Robyn Hood Black over at Life on the Deckle Edge to wish a Happy Birthday to Lee Bennett Hopkins — award-winning children’s author, poet, anthologist, and editor, and a...
The Comparative Sentence

The Comparative Sentence

Slice of Life. There are days when the whole doesn’t divide easily. It seems impossible to cut neatly between the minutes and slide out a slice. Like a yeast roll it tears apart, or like a flaky biscuit it crumbles.  My present days are like that. I’m in...
Balance

Balance

Poetry Friday  *  Celebrate This Week I am celebrating National Poetry Month by reading poetry, writing poetry, and reflecting on poetry. Reading Poetry. Each morning this past week I’ve opened my screen to read a poem by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater at The Poem Farm...