Poet’s Corner – Traveled So Far I traveled so far:I forgot the joy,And the first boy Who came to kiss me at the fair.I traveled so far:I forgot my dancin’ shoes;And how [...] April 17, 2022
Poet’s Corner – April Surprise April surprise.Spring arrives with visitors.Two Mallard ducksMated for life, protecting each otherGracefully playing with seeds and [...] April 6, 2022
A Beloved Teacher Falls Under a Cloud When Sam Brandt was a student at Leverett, the elite Connecticut boarding school, he developed a close relationship with English teacher [...] April 5, 2022
Poet’s Corner – It’s National Poetry Month! Writing a poem isn’t as hard as you think. Especially if you don’t pay attention to formal forms or any form at all, if you are in the [...] April 4, 2022
Truly, Madly- Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and The Romance of the Century – Stephen Galloway Based on the book and Smithsonian Associates lecture by author Stephen Galloway Larry Olivier- not yet Laurence or Sir Laurence, “the [...] March 29, 2022
New York Stilled Life – A Portrait of a City in Lockdown In March, 2020, Gregory J. Peterson had a party in his apartment for two friends who had just arrived in New York City. They had traveled [...] March 28, 2022
Geography of an Adultery – Love in Small Spaces Agnès Riva’s novel, Geography of an Adultery, may serve as a wakeup call for those involved in intense, yet unsatisfying, affairs. For [...] March 27, 2022
I Was Better Last Night – A Memoir by Harvey Fierstein First, multi-hyphenate talent Harvey Fierstein is not just a good writer, but a talented storyteller. You may be familiar with his plays, [...] March 24, 2022