Lectio Poetica No. 12 i thank You God for most

I first encountered E.E. Cummings' poetry during my freshman or sophomore year in college. I  must have been exposed to Cummings in high school though I have no recollection of it. One of the few books I have on my shelf from back in the Paleolithic Read more [...]

Of Death, Birth, Old Souls, Suffering & Simple Gifts

This week marked the thirty-eighth anniversary of my mom's death. My daughter, who never met my mother, was born twenty-six years from the date of her grandmother's death. Since my daughter's birth, this date has always had symbolic significance for me. Read more [...]