Sometimes it takes binoculars to look at the  up-close  and find something new.  Suzi and I make this walk everyday.  But here I am on da...

When life becomes a blur, about the only thing to do is buckle your seatbelt and wait for the ride to stop. That's when you stagger away...

Maybe the sun was out that day. Or maybe Dennis Cox looked at me at lunch. Or maybe that was one of the 47 days I was dismissed early to h...

What I want to do is blog about what a fab time I had at Granny Camp and visit with the Ohio Writing Project at Miami U (very cool), but fir...

Last night Michael and I were up at the mall (again?) and he remarked, "isn't it amazing how this season just gets people to go out...

Last July I bought an indoor worm composting system from Worm Firm. http://wormfirm.com/id1.html Not just any worms, mind you, red wigglers,...

Here's a hint -- we were at Dempsey Middle School in Delaware, OH, a very happenin' place. Only insiders, however, can tell where Su...

This is a picture of Hector (big dog) and Suzi (little dog). They come from totally different hoods. Hector is from East 185th Street in Cl...

To the woman in the blue dress walking in front of the empty strip center store on Route 20 who did not tie back her auburn hair letting it ...

Dedicated teachers from Afghanistan. 

Ajax and his new window on the world. 

Ajax is an unusual name for a dog, but Ajax is unusual. He is asleep under my desk, slept in the bed last night, cuddled up to whomever he ...

I thought about exercising today, but I didn't get rolling. I thought I woke up with a head cold, but it never really took control. I ...

Living in the house we have Hector, the rat terrier who would roll over in submission for a butterfly, Spike the cat who is all white, deaf ...

I have trouble packing to go to Toledo. Tomorrow Michael (my partner in life and poetry) and I head to Bangkok, Vietnam and Sumatra. Here ...

My latest title.