In an essay written 12 years ago, I announce a special event with a backdrop of Mary Oliver’s blackberries.
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The Joys of August Blackberries
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My Father’s Love Song to Phoebe
For my mother’s birthday, I post a love poem written to her by my late father 67 years ago.
John Donne’s Seductive Flea
Georges de La Tour, Woman Catching a Flea, c. 1638. Oil on canvas. In case you haven’t heard, the news media was buzzing last week over a CBS interview with President Obama where he nailed a fly that was bothering him. I thought I’d have fun in today’s entry and talk about the symbolic use […]
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