Happy National Poetry Month!

by | Apr 2, 2017 | Editorial

April is National Poetry Month, which to me is wonderful because it brings the joys of poetry into more people's awareness and experience. For me reading as well as writing poetry has been a daily lifelong practice. From the time I wrote my first poem at the age of...

Introducing the Xoem®

by | Mar 7, 2017 | Editorial

What exactly is a Xoem®? I wrote a pamphlet called, "A Xoem a Day Keeps the Spirit in Play", and I do try to write one a day. It's a unique, six-line, circular-shaped verse form which I developed and love to use as part of my intuitive morning writing process. It can...

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

by | Mar 1, 2017 | Editorial

The author of The Cat in the Hat and so many other beloved children's books was born on March 2nd, 1904 and died on September 24th, 1991. His full name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, but he adopted Dr. Seuss as his pen name because it was his mother's maiden name and...

Happy Chanukah!

by | Dec 29, 2016 | Editorial

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I’m Glad There’s a Pledge of Allegiance Day

by | Dec 26, 2016 | Editorial

Did you know that December 28th is Pledge of Allegiance Day? Did you know there was such a thing? Well, neither did I, but I'm glad there is. That's because, as adults, we don't get much opportunity to think about — let alone recite — the Pledge, do we? We get to sing...