A little over a week ago I was in Chicago, walking the downtown streets from my hotel to the various STORY Chicago conference events. It was perfection. One night it rained, but I was safely inside already, and by the time I ventured back out again the night air was temperate and the rain had […]
Why Poetry? (from the Poet Laureate)
This week I’ve been reading A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (she’s the poet famous for the line, “what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”). Here’s one of my favorite sections: Writing a poem … is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that […]
Ode to the Cupcake
Why do we love you, little pillows of batter and frosting? Is it the way you sit so neatly on our napkins, crimped skirt and billowing blouse? Or the way you require of us only three – maybe four – bites of commitment? Perhaps it is your panache for neon sprinkles and foil linings. So […]
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