My twelve year-old son plays tackle football. He loves it. I hate to love it. But I do. I read the articles advocating a quick retreat from the sport of American football based on its “culture of violence” and I get it. I click every headline on CNN that mentions a tragic football injury. I […]
Today is Not Every Day
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 […]
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