It’s spring, and everyone is turning up pregnant, or so it seems. I have a baby shower coming up, and…

Amid the many garden books springing up this time of year, this pastel-colored confection of a book puts an imaginative…

Since I’m a haphazard blogger here at best, I thought I’d share a link showing how it should be done.My…

Affection for my dog-niece Rose notwithstanding, I am committed to animals from shelters and rescues. My experience at the Oktibbeha…

Last fall I made myself a list of monthly blog topics, with the idea of keeping to a theme, to…

I love this poem. I love libraries. Both offer up surprises on a regular basis.I picked up Stopping by Woods…

Inventing new poetic forms isn’t for the faint of heart or the stupid. Fortunately, author Marilyn Singer is both brave…

I was leaving on a trip. The books I’d ordered hadn’t come in yet. I turned to my bookshelves, seeking…

I often get asked about books for kids who are young but are precocious readers. Laura Schaefer’s The TeaShop Girls…

Before we moved to Mayhew (in the Black Prairie, with its crazy soils), we had a big garden. The first…