Tuesday Since yesterday’s post was about my three granddaughters, today I share a Rabindranath Tagore poem in honor of their 8-month-old little brother, whom I spent time yesterday holding and watching. Young Ocean has been crawling for two weeks and is exhilarated by the world that has opened to him. As I’m traveling, I’m only […]
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Come to the Cruel Like a Flame of Light
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Books Gave Me a Refuge
Tuesday I’ve been dipping into A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader, given to me by my good friend Sue Schmidt and recommended by reader Glenda Funk. A range of writers, artists, scientists, philosophers and others were asked to write a letter to young people about the value of reading. Original illustrations accompany […]
He Comes to Shatter Expectation
Spiritual Sunday Anyone with children knows the chaos they bring into one’s life. Even when they arrive longed for and expected, the parents have no idea what they are in for. This surprise factor is at the basis of a lovely Advent poem–published in the Southern Poetry Review–by my friend Jennifer Michael, currently chair of Sewanee’s English […]
When the World Is Mud-Luscious
e. e. cummings ushers in spring with a joyous celebration.
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What Draws Kids to Eating Dramas
Eating stories enthrall my grandchildren because they reenact the childhood drama of separating from the parents and developing autonomous selves.
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Children Wrestling with Faith & Doubt
Alice Munro’s “Age of Faith” is a powerful portrait of how children turn to God–and also why they turn away.
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The Children’s Hour, Pros and Cons
Longfellow’s “Children’s Hour” may be overly sentimental but, as I played with my grandson, I found myself not caring.
