by admin | Apr 23, 2020 | a mom's life, exploring, philosophy of boys
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. (William Wordsworth) English majors are always looking for poetry in the everyday, and an idyllic walk in the woods is bound to provide some romantic fodder for their next poem. Our family walk began promisingly...
by admin | Apr 4, 2020 | a mom's life, exploring, fun
Spencer and Gigi have plunged into the woods every day this week, looking for adventure. They come back smelling of the outdoors, cheeks rosy, eyes alight. Today after breakfast, we all joined them. Cool air and gray skies made for perfect hiking weather. Even Gracie...
by admin | Feb 11, 2015 | a mom's life, philosophy of boys, poems, Uncategorized
For Tennyson, who says it isn’t a real poem unless it rhymes. There was once a 9-year-old kidWhose stomach decided to ridItself of its contentsUnder the pretenseOf denying itself, so it did. There once was a boy fair and jollyWho snuck a lick of his friend’s lollyBut...
by admin | Feb 7, 2015 | a mom's life, poems
Three days in to the stomach virus in our houseAnd I am checking every twingeWas that nausea I feel?What was that gurgling in my intestines?Something sinister?Heaven help the child who complains of anything abdominal;It means quarantine for sure.And constant...
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