It is the point in the semester when most of us start to crack. The air is finally warm. The wind is nothing but wild. I can tell when I begin to crack by simply waking up and not knowing what day or time it is. Even though (I realize later, after I sip my […]

When I am asked, as I am almost weekly asked, if I can list my favorite poets, I recount a list of five to ten writers.  The list invariably includes Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman.  Imagine how excited I am that these two writers are coming to Fort Collins to celebrate National Poetry Month at […]

These kids, they surprise me. I know that kids are surprising. Unexpected things come out of kids’ mouths, I know. I live with my four-year-old niece. Yesterday, she sang me a song about going potty less than one breath after telling me she liked that we didn’t waste food, which was during a discussion in […]