A Year of Reading

There's Really No Other Option It's a small boat. You're alone in a storm. The sea is rough. A gust of wind takes your...

no Swiss Army Knife adequately prepares you for a broken heart ©Mary Lee Hahn, 2020 I opened my Everyday Offerings bo...

Generosity G ive what you can . E ven if you have N o cash to spare, your giving makes a difference . E very card or "thank y...

Several people had asked earlier about when my NCTE President's Address from November 2019 would be available.  It is titled, Room for...

True to the spirit of collaboration and community here in Poetry Friday Land, Irene Latham started the National Poetry Month tradition ...

Contact Tracing shy handshake pat on the back ponytail tug hand-over-hand cursive fist bump high five side hug wave goodbye t...

Dandelions Yellow stars in a sky of green you shine but never twinkle. Dots of happiness splattered on the lawn you're a fr...

Haiku Diary for April 15 I wake up whiney the sameness of every day I'm on my last nerve exercise, shower a mug of ho...

**Mary Lee, Franki and Julie have been talking and thinking about choice during this time of Online/Pandemic Learning.  We decided to share...

Ode to My Hardboiled Egg You came into this world ready to be whatever was needed from you -- glue, to hold together a cake, glaz...