Many people told us that Marseilles – dangerous and unpredictable – is Not France. Still, Marseilles has been on our bucket list for a while because we both love North Africa, and Marseilles is a…
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we are running lots of poems! First up, Esther Cohen who posts a poem every day on her website. Some readers have suggestedthat for national poetrymonth I should…
Writing a poem isn’t as hard as you think. Especially if you don’t pay attention to formal forms or any form at all, if you are in the Allen Ginsberg school. Talk to your next…
For many, Mother’s Day is a bittersweet holiday, the pressure to celebrate – exacerbated by a commercial juggernaut that pushes cards, flowers, and gifts – conflicting with feelings of suffering, anger, guilt, or regret. Those…
I am from a life wherechildhood is memoryI most often don’t describe all those years after I went to the George Washington Universitybecause of an article in a magazine I read whilewaiting for my motherat…
April is National Poetry Month. Maybe poems can help a little. Maybe because there’s sun maybe because Peter told me a good story about Shania Twain I didn’t know she’s a Country Singer her husband…
Eat as much ice cream as possible. Remember Klondike bars? They still sell them in the supermarket. As good as you remember. Read books. There are infinite options. Even books with unfortunate titles like…
Eva Said that when she was a young crossing guard in Staten Island a paid job she became a professional crossing guard after they tried her out for a while when she was a young…
