How many ways can you conjugate green? This is a view from our porch at Alam Sari Keliki. What I can't show is the soft sounds of woode...

The thing about us Americans is that we just plain need to get out more. Seriously. While we are in Hong Kong riding spotless subways, do...

To paraphrase that NPR philosopher Garrison Keillor: The Canadian International School of Hong Kong is a place where the faculty is bright,...

It wasn't on the calendar in advance. No prior knowledge on my part. But as the weather cooled and the travel escalated, I kind of withd...

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...

To the Young Poet Standing “Failure drives a Nissan Cube.” Your opening line is succinct. Neither made up in a slather of cosmetic adjective...

While reading the news online this morning, I found a cache of poems allegedly about the end of daylight savings time. (click here) I'm...

Once upon a time in the long long ago, parents were the gatekeepers of knowledge for kids. Sharp knives and matches were dispensed to kids o...

Michael found this and I am pasting it right in here because we are THIS excited about our book club discussion about our new book on the En...

I took this picture with my cellphone about a week ago beside the driveway. It was the first week of October and this stubborn little dande...

Where were you on 10/10/10? This seems like an important date, and I almost missed it. I mean, I was here, but where was I? In computer upda...

Comment I NEED A JOB The Great Recession or The Great Depression? To just one does not all credit go. Changed Great Recession has affected ...

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

Mushrooms in the garden? Mushrooms in the grass? Mushrooms in the trees? Is this too much to ask? Clouds! Stop raining? PLEASE! And those p...

Fierce is a 3 lb 8 oz dog who shivering with righteous fury, tethered by a thread, ears at attention, chin extended into a relentless chain...

Four years in the writing, more in the research. So much time and yes, fun, in the making. Finally!

Book smart = street dumb This thinking is ubiquitous in too many of our upper schools. Smart is stupid, dumb is good. To mark the depth of ...

When doing a poetry reading, it is always best NOT to take yourself too seriously. Prepare, yes. Have your papers in order, yes. Rehearse...

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...