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Summer is in full bloom! The temperature promises to hit the 90s next week and I have put away (most of) my educational responsibilities for a season. Even the band began a two-week hiatus today after last night’s block party as we all take time to enjoy visiting family and the celebration of America’s 250th…
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In this Lenten season, I have turned once again to The Word in the Wilderness: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter by Malcolm Guite. Like the old adage goes, “A poem a day keeps the doctor away!” (Or something along those lines.) For me, Guite’s collection provides refreshing oases to rest throughout the…
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Early into Sunday morning I stood staring at my refrigerator door dueling with words. In the absence of other inspiration, the magnetic poetry drew my attention away from the latest disc golf round and fixed me to the puzzle in front of me. I had played around with a few of the lines a week…
the deepening ground 