I first saw this amazing home on the website of my friend and extraordinary poet, Drew Myron. (Please visit her lovely poetic journeys here.) According to the Poem House’s website, these enigmatic and provocative words were planned for erasure some … Continue reading →

Let me become two or three again. Let me have dictionaries in my toes and let my tongue become a spoon. Let none of us forget the poetry of our roots. P.S. If you can’t see the video above, you … Continue reading →

For months, I’ve lamented over all things broken, fractured, lost and never-to-be-found again.  Today made up for every woebegone moment I’ve recently experienced. This afternoon, for the first time — EVER — I planted a vegetable garden.  Well, except for … Continue reading →

We seem to be in a season of broken things here at the Bloggybirdery.  Yes, poor old DancingBirds is experiencing brokenness.  Shatterings.  Stoppages.  Things that squeak and blurp and fall and stain. We’re coming apart at the seams. We just … Continue reading →

As I do once or twice a week, I find myself upstairs, laptop beneath my hands, DancingBirds.com open to its  “Administrator’s Write Post” screen, a small glass of wine encouraging me to write.  Write something, that glass of wine says.  … Continue reading →

I knew Wilson has always had a soft spot for older people.  Until yesterday, I didn’t know to what extent.  For whatever nervousness I might have had going into our first assignment as a Hospice Pet Therapy Team, Wilson quickly … Continue reading →

When I grow up I’d like to be thin.  No, svelte.  That’s a more sophisticated word.  And I’d like to have thick, straight hair.  And skin that doesn’t clump into “suspicious” spots when touched by the sun.  I’d like to … Continue reading →

Okay, everyone — Pink ribbons at the ready.  We’re only one day away from the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, starting October 1.  One day from remembering our mothers, sisters, friends, ourselves.  Whether we walk, run, say our prayers, … Continue reading →

Here’s my Sunday morning smile. May we all share such unlimited joy and may we each find our own special Hound Dog!

This year the instant of the Autumnal Equinox occurred at 5:19 p.m. EDT on September 22, shortly before sunset.  I guess one could say that yesterday, fall officially fell.   Many think the Autumnal or Fall Equinox marks the day when … Continue reading →