It was raining yesterday in Pittsburgh on the first day of spring, bringing to mind one of the great poems about the season.
Tag Archives: Children
When the World Is Puddle Wonderful
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My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold Grandchildren
My heart leapt up Wordsworth style when playing with my grandchildren these past two weekends.
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Parental Rule #1: Respect Your Child
“David Copperfield” enjoins us to respect the interiority of children.
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Haunting Music of the Other World
Anne Porter shows us how “the fresh truth of children” is central to the Christmas experience.
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To Esmé and Alban with Love (No Squalor)
With names from Salinger and Blake, my two new grandchildren have promising destinies.
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Stuart Little Rescues a Gay Boy
As an undersized gay child, humorist David Rakoff found a soul mate in Stuart Little.
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Step 1: Become Like Little Children
Spiritual Sunday We are currently in Staunton, Virginia with our friends Brent and Carter Douglass, having journeyed here to watch two Renaissance plays at the replica of the Elizabethan Blackfriars Theater. I will have more to say about the plays later this week. For the moment I share a wonderful poem that Carter has written […]
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