One of the reasons I keep participating on this blog is that I think it makes me more attentive. And that’s vital to me, especially

Yesterday, January 17th, was the birthday of Anne Brontë. Born in 1820, Anne was the youngest of the famous Brontë siblings–and like her sisters, Charlotte

I was at my dad’s church for Christmas Eve and my own on New Year’s Day—and both times the stories of Anna and Simeon were

This has been such a busy semester that I haven’t had much time for TV–at least, the kind of extended binge watching of whole series.

It’s happened three times now this semester: I’ve been somewhere (a lecture, a volleyball game, a plane), and I’ve unsuspectingly sat next to strangers who

I had another blog started for this week when I was absolutely arrested by a new poem from my friend, the brilliant poet, Jane Zwart.

I have been absolutely wowed by the autumn colors this year. I know other years have been good, too, but for some reason, this year

Perhaps, like me, you heard the NPR story this week about “puffling season”: the practice of pitching puffins off of precipices. Alliterative fun aside, this

The other day I heard on NPR’s “It’s Been a Minute” that, according to Nielsen, between February 2021 and February 2022, there were something like