Hope Is A Blind BardSister Maura Eichner This week, I received some distressing news. As a result, I’m departing from my regularly scheduled WOYWW post to share a poem that a former teacher, friend, and mentor wrote. I am sharing it in both written form and on video – I was actually present at this reading! […]
Happy New Years 2011! Sometimes…
I wanted to wish you the happiest of new years! I pray that each of your days will be filled with an overflowing abundance of blessings and joy! This weekend, I’ll be continuing my journey down memory lane with some more highlights from 2010. If you missed my first two posts in the series, I invite you […]
Robert Frost: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Autumn ATC: Brilliant Colors When I think about Autumn, Robert Frost’s classic poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay, always comes to mind. I first discovered this poetic gem as a young girl when Ponyboy recited the poem to Johnny during a particularly poignant scene from S.E. Hinton’s award-winning novel, The Outsiders: Nature’s first green is gold, Her […]
Quilling & A Heart Of Hope
Art by Antonella DeFalco of Quilling, Art And Expression Quilling – the Renaissance art of rolling, folding and gluing thin strips of papers into decorative shapes and intricate designs – has experienced a resurgence among paper crafters in recent years. I tried my hand at Quilling once. I soon discovered that while the concept of Quilling […]