Welcome to the first day of National Poetry Month, 2024! April Fool’s Day too, but I admit I don’t have any good poetic jokes to share. Like all interesting remarks or retorts, the right–or most interesting, or funniest–thing to say…
I’m not sure if I am looking forward more to National Poetry Month or the (presumably) nicer weather to come our way in the northern hemisphere in April. April is an unpredictable month because of those snows turning to rains,…
January doesn’t always start out gloomy, does it? It’s the only month of the year that has a built in “fresh slate” feel to it. With New Year resolutions, new-year-clean-slate, and all that jazzed-up positive energy, January ought to never…
Happy New Year, 2023 edition! This post has been a long time coming. About 2 1/2 years, actually. It is that long since I felt the COVID-19 pandemic justified a pause in posting. The pandemic was changing — itself and…
Lately, the weather in Northeast Ohio seems off. It’s probably not; it’s probably my imagination. Since I’m mostly working from home, the weather is more noticeable to me than it used to be. After all, somebody has to take the…
