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It is that time of year again, for poets all over the world to write 31 poems in 31 days! OctPoWriMo begins in 24 days! We will be doing a c...

 "The music of my youth." This is how one of my friends described Aretha's body of work. So many of us -- Detroiters, Amer...

A writer friend once said, “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself." At the time I laughe...

“The Early Bird catches the worm.” This 17 th century Proverb our mothers and grandmothers quoted still rings true today. Being early brin...

Photo by Amy McGrath Yesterday, like many parents, I sat in an auditorium and bore witness to a rite of passage. My older son donned ...

Photo from the Public Domain Writers of Kern, the writing organization of which I am a member, seeks to encourage writing among youth...

  Kaitlyn Stanford, "50 Best Mom Memes" When we grew up in Detroit in the 1950s, our friends thought the Cassells ...