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Poetry Friday: Making Friends with Billy Wong, by Augusta Scattergood, copyright 2016

Last August, I went to the Mississippi Book Festival. I happened to sit next to a lovely lady who, like…

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Poetry Friday Serendipity & My New Favorite Poetry Book

This week’s Poetry Friday festivities are happening at Check it Out, hosted by Jone. The serendipity is the photo I…

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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Each year for my job, I set a goal to read one book per quarter on a particular topic. This…

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Poetry Friday and haiku practice

Amy is inviting everyone to the farm to celebrate Poetry Friday this week! As I’ve written before, I’m reading Jane…

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Poetry Friday and the Summer Poem Swap Kick-off

It’s Poetry Friday! Our marvelous maven of all things Poetry Friday, Mary Lee, is hosting this week!   It’s time…

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The Poem Farm’s Summer Notebooking Project

   Attention grandparents, teachers, parents, writers,  doodlers, and scribblers of all ages: Summer has barely started, and the age-old question…

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Poetry Friday & Today’s Math Problem

  It’s Poetry Friday! Paul at These 4 Corners is hosting. I’ve been thinking about this poem all week, inspired…

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Poetry Friday and “Ladybugs!”

Happy Poetry Friday! This week’s poems are playing over at my friend Tabatha’s blog! From the posts I’ve read lately,…

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Poetry Friday and Fun with The Haiku Anthology

Renee Tulippe at No Water River has this week’s round up!   Months ago Diane Mayr graciously guided my reading…

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Poetry Friday & The Ballad of Odyssey

Margaret has this week’s round-up at Reflections on the Teche. I have a wonderful and talented friend named Jana who…

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