In response to his question, as he tried to put me at ease before drilling a back tooth for a new crown, I told the dentist I had written a poem about dental floss the night before. He asked me to bring it to my follow-up, which was today. First, he tried reading it aloud…
Pattie Gonia – Won’t Give Up (featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Quinn Christopherson)
I’m with you Pattie, Yo-Yo, Quinn.
Slowing Down My Reading Program
How I love to read. Once a student asked if I felt forced to read because I was a librarian, as if reading were an onerous professional task. Having just finished the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman the night before, I answered that reading was one of the greatest pleasures of my life….
Psychology Books
In addition to rotating ecological/environmental literature into my daily reading, I also want to include psychology books. Here is where I will be collecting book lists on psychological topics. I’m mostly interested in books recently published, though I won’t exclude earlier, classic, literary works. I am not interested in the psychology of money or business…
My Father’s Teeth
Today, while looking for a pack of dental floss, I found my father’s removable bridge in the back of a drawer. He doesn’t need it, not where he is now, under a stone at the cemetery. But the sight of the blue plastic container and its contents filled me with mirth. Of all of his…