RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down...

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...

Not just any elementary, Emmerick is my grandson Ben's school, in fact that's his head right under the first O in Holbrook. I had a ...

This morning I played around with a photo from Kelly's new camera (above), thinking about last weekend. I had Katie's two oldest, St...

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,...

Kazakhstan lies in the north of the central Asian republics and is bounded by Russia in the north, China in the east, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekis...

And there we are. Left to right: Scottie (aka Scooter), Stephie, Thomas, Sara Kelly, Sara Ellen, Danny, Ben. Ready -- Swing! A little unsure...

Thirteen minutes. That's the time Kylene Beers allotted for poetry during the 2.5 hour event at NCTE in NYC this year. Thirteen and a...

Get a snack. This is a long list. Starting with: Get a snack. Walk the dog. Stare out the window. Play solitaire . Knit something that is de...

Carolyn Bucey finished off her slimy opponent Bill Snow with a knock out punch of truth and we won. Not only that council seat, but two oth...

It's people meeting at one house in the neighborhood at 9:00AM on a Saturday morning to pass out literature. The smell of coffee from on...

Stephie is Katie's daughter and like her mother, she likes being first. She likes to walk first when we go to the woods or the beach. S...

It was a big event in my life when the National Geographic came every month. I can't recall ever seeing my mother reading one, or my da...

I never liked the man. Personally, I think the beat poets were a self-absorbed lot both in their writing and their lives. Pumped on drugs, a...

Ah, the bold, the reluctant, the hesitant, the seventh grade poets take turns at the mike at Oakwood Middle and Glenwood Middle in Canton....

Traveling from Florida to the Upper Peninsula is like going from the nation's left ankle to its eyebrow. When I was a kid growing up out...

This picture was taken at the end of the school day. Notice who is looking tired and who is looking bright as sunshine. I LOVE visiting the ...

Two photos -- both taken by teacher Meg Roa who was kind enough to invite me to her school. Although this is common place in Southern clime...

This is Dr. Lynne Alvine's adolescent lit class at IUP (that's Indiana University of PA) where I had the privilege of speaking o...

Ben had his 8 th birthday today. He is the oldest of Kelly's three sons, a sportsman, football player, soccer player, basketball playe...