Nana’s House – A Poem

by | Nov 14, 2014 | Books

grandmother From time to time I’ll share a poem I’ve written for children, often from the child’s point of view. This one came to me when my oldest grandchild, A, was a little girl. We spent so many magical hours together doing art and exploring my house. I try to...

My Grandmother Mindel, Otherwise Known as Minnie

by | Sep 5, 2014 | Books

dragons September 7th is Grandparents Day. I’ve already written about my maternal grandmother, who got off the boat and literally kissed the ground (Echoes of Emma Lazarus). She managed to transmit to me her reverence for this country and what it stood for. My...

Machines, Mindel, and Me

by | Aug 23, 2014 | Books

dragons I am not a Luddite. Truly, I am not. I appreciate the marvels – even miracles – that technology has wrought. I even avail myself of some of them. I can Google with the best of them (and even use the proper noun as a verb), I understand the value of a website,...

My Life in Poems

by | Aug 10, 2014 | Books

sonnet I wrote my very first poem for a school assignment in the third grade. I remember the exhilaration I felt when the words came to me and I realized, “I can do this.” I wrote many poems for my teacher, Mrs. Blank, that year. I don’t remember them, but I remember...