Learning the Bicycle

April 27, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

I drove west this weekend to visit my family. It’s exactly five hours from home to home, enough time for a few podcasts and some prolonged daydreaming. This time I had stocked my podcast app with “The Writer’s Almanac.” Its piano intro and Garrison Keillor’s familiar murmuring voice remind me of home. I remember listening […]

The Fish

April 26, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Only a few days left in Poetry Month. Today’s poem is The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop. Click here to read it. Related Posts:Poetry Month ReflectionsRediscovering PoetryTreat a Poem Like DirtOne Wild and Precious Life

A Hero in the Strife

April 25, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Where I grew up, there were streets and schools named after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Not because he had ever lived there, but probably because of his poem The Song of Hiawatha and its geographical references. Longfellow was a celebrity in his time, though he had his share of highbrow critics who were dismissive of his popularity. Celebrity […]

The Epilogue