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  • Natural Supernatural Love Poems

    Have you carried unfinished things around with you from place to place, and hoped to make something new out of them? This spring, looking at the two shelves of handwritten, typed, bound, loose and even tattered poems and drawings that I’ve carried from childhood through a dozen moves, I had to do something about it. And…

  • Gardens, Libraries, and Mother

    “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”  ―    Marcus Tullius Cicero Since I can remember, Mother was always around me making things happen. She was a school teacher, piano teacher, community volunteer, cook, athlete, gardener. She was the powerhouse of the family. Mother made both our gardens and our libraries at…

  • The Waxing Gibbous Moon’s Visit

    Who left the moon on last night? In the night, I woke up wondering who was shining a light through my window so late. A few hours earlier – around midnight – it was the flashing lights and sirens of police cars, ambulances and fire trucks. Brooklyn, Friday night. I pulled back the curtains and saw the moon,…

  • Winter Song in Brooklyn

           Winter Song A cardinal tapping at my window called

  • Love is All You Need: Brooklyn Book Fest 2011

    The Brooklyn Book Festival in NYC, at Brooklyn Borough Hall and the plaza outdoors was a wonderful fall treat. Completely free, it’s the biggest event of its kind in the city and attracts authors from around the world. I caught the outdoor discusion of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, who flew in from France for the event, with…