by Jennifer | May 4, 2020 | a mom's life, poems
I wrote this poem five years ago and reworked it recently. Now, of course, we all know that four weeks is nothing. It’s not even half the time we’ve been social distancing. So take this poem with a grain of salt. I didn’t know any better. Four weeks...
by Jennifer | May 2, 2020 | a mom's life, education, poems
She sits at the kitchen table dutifully diagramming sentences inscrutable indirect objects and those pesky prepositions (or are they adverbs?) But I am diagramming the way the light glints in her hair as she carefully shapes cursive,brow furrowedbut eyes darting...
by Jennifer | Apr 23, 2020 | a mom's life, exploring, philosophy of boys
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. (William Wordsworth) English majors are always looking for poetry in the everyday, and an idyllic walk in the woods is bound to provide some romantic fodder for their next poem. Our family walk began promisingly...
by Jennifer | Apr 4, 2020 | a mom's life, exploring, fun
Spencer and Gigi have been plunging into the woods every day this week, looking for adventure. They come back smelling of the outdoors, cheeks rosy, eyes alight. Today after breakfast, we all joined them. Cool air and gray skies made for perfect hiking weather. Even...
by Jennifer | Apr 2, 2020 | a mom's life
For the past four years, I’ve been writing blog posts in my head and sometimes in my laptop. But I never actually put them online because of all the usual excuses writers have (fear, time, inertia, overactive internal editor). So this tiny post is my baby step...
by Jennifer | Jan 21, 2016 | 31 days of creativity, a mom's life, fun
