Round up 3 (Delightful in Dorchester and…)
Stuff I Did: Attended Social Media Workshop sponsored by the Dorchester Artists Collaborative at the recently opened Erick Jean Center for the Arts. The newly built 1,200-square-foot space has a...
View ArticleRoundup 4 – Books, Theater, and other pleasures
Stuff I Read: The Round House by Louise Erdich One of the finest novels I’ve read by this supremely talented writer. The novel is both mystery and coming-of-age story told through the 13-year-old...
View ArticleThe Inoculation Effect
The Inoculation Effect happens when a child, in disadvantaged circumstances, is guided through childhood by his/her parents to particular schools, churches, out-of-school programs, enrichment and...
View ArticleBooks Read in 2013
I have loved to read all of my life but have recognized recently that when my life is especially challenging I read more. A couple of months ago I vowed to make 2014 the year I didn’t read any books...
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Books read in 2014
Usually books are constant companions as I travel to meetings and presentations. I typically have 2-3 going at a time – one each waiting at my favorite perches in my home. Such was not the case in...
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Can I poet with you? Langston Hughes
One of the poets I love the most is Langston Hughes. I read his book, The Sweet Flypaper of Life, when I was in high school. IIt photos of the view from a Harlem woman’s window by Roy Decarava. It...
View ArticleMay I poet with you – Al Young
Following is a favorite poem from “back in the day” that still touches me, thrills me reading it now. the song turning back into itself 2 A song for little children by Al Young Always it’s either A...
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Can I poet with you – Robert Frost
Lo and behold that some famous poems by well-heralded poets that I had to read for school, still speak to me. I didn’t understand the truth of the Road Not Taken when I first encountered it. Now, as...
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Can I Poet with You? – Clarence Major
Clarence Major is a poet, novelist and painter. I have a tattered copy of Swallow the Lake, a volume of his poems that was published by Wesleyan University Press. ISOLATE by Clarence Major...
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Can I Poet with You? – Lucille Clifton
It is downright unfair to pick a couple of poems from a prolific poet to represent them. In each of my entries during my observation of Poetry Month, I pick one or two poems (or a few more in the case...
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Books read in 2015
People who know me or who see me on my daily commutes know that I love to read. Life has kept me too busy to read as much as I like to but I still read every day. For short descriptions of what I...
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What I’m Reading – The Health Gap by Sir Michael Marmot
I’ve been reading some interesting books and so thought I’d start sharing specific books on a regular basis. First up is The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World by Sir Michael Marmot,...
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Inventology: how we dream up things that change the world
What inspires people to invent things especially the inventions that are so obvious once they are created? What inspires people who invent things that are not obvious – like the cell phone, the...
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Distance Reading
My reading distances me; it takes me away from people I love. It sometimes forms a barrier. I need to read like I need to breathe to read. It’s in my top five favorite things to do. My reading has...
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Launching my first children’s picture book
Stacey Became A Frog One Day is my first published children’s book although I’ve had three children’s stories published before.* It is the first of 15 separate children’s manuscripts that I have...
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Po-Po-Poetry: Honey, I Love
In honor of National Poetry Month, I am kick off a series of poetry posts by featuring Honey, I love by Eloise Greenfield with illustrations by Diane and Leo Dillon in the original and 25th...
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