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The season of summer is nature's gift.    Summer has passed by quickly. While I am still trying to  slow it down ,  I recognize tha...

Are you gearing up for the start of school with a positive attitude? Or are you like the 6th grader at the beach who is trying to read her ...

This week the Poetry Friday community is celebrating the life of Lee Bennett Hopkins at Amy Ludwig Vanderwater's The Poem Farm . I a...

Have you ever created a ditty, a short simple poem that turns into a song?  I did in response to Jesse Anna Bornemann's invitation at  ...

Anticipation Mounts:  Two months have passed since I last saw my 2-year-old granddaughter face-to-face. While  there have been countless p...

My wonder pal, Christie Wyman , is hosting Poetry Friday at Wondering and Wondering this week. She invited members of the community to...

Summer is the season for families to embrace the spirit of adventure as they travel to familiar and/or faraway places.  Travel allows all...

One of my favorite words is quietude.  Finding tranquility in a world full of to do lists, city noise, and political and social unrest is ...

Slowly, we traveled far from the white sands of Long Island beaches leaving behind the congregation of plovers that sweep across the ocea...

under a summer sky we clink glasses to years of memories thoughts  come to rest love's journey continues While ro...

The art of writing is a lifelong practice of noticing, wondering and believing in the power of voice. It is a delicate balancing of idea...

This week, a human interest story on paddle patrols was highlighted in Newsday , Long Island's newspaper . It caught my eye as a uniqu...