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Our Lady of the Garden Pádraig Ó Tuama i.m. Paula Merwin All this time, I felt like I had to describe the things I did, and what was...

That's what song-writing does to me. I've got a few tunes running through my head almost all the time, and a few sets of lyrics that...

I feel my stories especially when they hit a certain rhythm. Listening to a song, having a patchwork of images winding its way through...

Today I learned -- or perhaps was just reminded? -- that when my parents were young (before there were refrigerators), their family and...

I would go a little different. I would turn twelve-month into a compound adjective and so hyphenate it Then, the noun is duration, so...

“Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac…We...

My wife and I still have a land line as well as cell phones (which I call "mobiles" to give them a veneer or British class). But we have...

And prostate cancer has killed a lot of people unnecessarily. It ain't no laughing matter. And everybody, get your colonoscopies. I...

I'd have done much better with cello if my beginning book had come with stickers.

This is a public service announcement - especially to the women. Be sure to get regular mammograms. One of my nieces recently turned 40...

I think there's a large town in every state that has a bar named "The Office" for that same reason. "Honey, I'll be home late. I got...

Had lunch with my wife today at the "Library" -- a small restaurant and pub near the University; I'm sure every college town has one...

During my 18th century phase (about ten years ago) I got into Oliver Goldsmith, and this poem made a big impression on me Source: Poets...

Back in the days when Bosco (remember Bosco?) was advertised in the media with an odious jingle, there was a parody of it circulating...

Today (yesterday but I was too busy to login) I learned that "vitriol" is an archaic name for sulfuric acid (H2SO4*). So the expression...