• Poetry Friday: July Roundup of Books and Bookstore

    Laura Purdie Salas is our host for the week. Hop on over there for the roundup.    24 Bookstores in 2024 This year I made a goal to visit 24 independent or used bookstores in 2024.    January Roundup  February Roundup  March Roundup April Roundup May Roundup June Roundup…

  • Poetry Friday July 26 Roundup is Here!

    I’m the host this week for Poetry Friday. If you are new here, welcome! We love expanding the poetry circle. You are welcome to lurk and read, comment, and/or share your own post. Dip your toes in or do a cannonball!   At the bottom of this post is…

  • 2023 Year in Review

    Each year, I participate in Julie Hedlund’s 12 Days of Christmas reflections. It’s one of several things I do to wrap up the year and look ahead into the next.   I sometimes post some of the successes publicly. Sometimes, I just keep them in my journal. This year,…

  • Poetry Friday Poetry Swap Roundup

    Linda B. at Teacher Dance is our Poetry Friday host this week. Hop on over there for the roundup.    Summer of Poetry Swaps   I participated in the poetry swap this summer organized by Tabatha Yeatts. It was so fun to send and to receive poetry and poetry-related…

  • Poetry Friday Adventures in Books and Bonus Poems

        Molly at Nix the Comfort Zone is our host for Poetry Friday this week. Hop on over there for the roundup.      Adventures in Books While I haven’t been traveling to as many parks–school has started up, I did get to do some pretty awesome book…

  • Poetry Friday Summer of Books and Parks Roundup

      Tabatha at The Opposite of Indifference is our host today. Hop on over there for the roundup.    Reflections on My Summer of Parks and Libraries   When I made my plans for the summer of parks and libraries, I honestly didn’t know if I’d be able to…

  • Poetry Friday: Moon Poem + Parks and Books

      Irene Latham is our wonderful host this week. Go check out the roundup. She’s asked us to post moon poems in order to usher in her new book THE MUSEUM ON THE MOON: THE CURIOUS OBJECTS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE (coming in August).      Haiku of the…

  • Poetry Friday: Summer of Parks and Books

      Linda Mitchell is hosting Poetry Friday over at A Word Edgewise. Did you know Linda and I are both librarians, but we met over poetry? True story. Renee LaTulippe introduced us virtually from Italy, even though Linda and I live not too far from each other.     …

  • Poetry Friday: More in 2023

      Join us for the Poetry Friday Roundup where Susan at Chicken Spaghetti is hosting.      More in 2023   Every quarter I do a reflection about my writing life. I think of what I want to NOT do anymore. I also think of what I’d like to…