A wise philosopher (Cher?) once said that “everyday’s a new audition.”  That’s a lot of pressure! And no time is that more evident ...

Why do you write sad poems? Defensive answer: I don't ONLY write sad poems. Did you see the one about how happiness comes hopping?...

http://fox8.com/2014/09/03/mom-ice-bucket-challenge-turned-into-sick-joke-against-son-with-autism/ Following the Michael Brown traged...

#MyGlobalMoment from The Ubuntu Center on Vimeo . “And you call yourself an educated man.” I was having a buffet breakfast in 20...

It happened again. This time a young woman. College aged. She came up to me after our recent poetry reading at Bowling Green University Fire...

Is it true that the wisemen brought pumpkins to honor the infant? Is that the Holy Ghost dressed up as a scarecrow for Halloween? OR Does th...

The Garden's Fall So this is what it comes to after all. The promise of spring now stacked sticks, twisted vines, faded blosso...

I read Animal Farm as a kid, maybe third grade or so. It was on the bookshelf by my bed. I remember slipping the slim, green volume in and...

‎"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in. Forget about them as soon...

August light turns in by eight and night comes early in the forest lullabied by crickets' chorus, shrilly sung crescendos by a choir tha...

So my question to the wise women writers I have dinner with now and then was: Do you think that every generation, when people get to a certa...

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...

Watch CBS News Videos Online The boy is right -- seems like everyone either loves or hates the president -- no middle ground. But unlike the...

While trying to stay within the lines and not tearing the the pictures of baby Moses in the weeds with my crayon in Sunday school, I remembe...

"Will this thread work with this fleece?" I asked the 50 something clerk standing confidently behind the counter at the fabric sto...

Thirty nine and sunny in Cleveland in January after how many days below freezing (?) is beautifully balmy. We were outside soaking up the vi...

Oh, yeah.  The world is exploding, the stock market is sending out depth charges, and I'm going to be HOW old in 2009?  Right. THIS is t...

I love the Olympics. Particularly the summer games. I hear that music and it is like a trumpet call to make popcorn, sit down and go "W...

Everything you ever needed to know about relationships you can learn from picking raspberries. Don’t be fooled by all that greenery, there i...

"Keep the machine running." This is a quote given to me from Michael and to him from a veteran machinist. When Michael asked the o...