And after posting my poem from Lizard Light earlier, later this morning, a new poem has arrived, also born from the encounter with the...

Just watched a wonderful short film honoring Barry Lopez whose work I have always revered. That got me thinking about the Earth-affirming...

[12/17/21] When I woke this morning, a week before Christmas Eve (and on my late husband’s birthday), I found myself feeling nostalgic...

Happy to share that again a haiku of mine is both featured and commented upon in this week's Haiku Dialogue. Thank you, Alex Fyffe, for...

Yay, finally a new poem came this morning, thanks to a program I saw on NOVA last night.---a poem in quite a different mood from the one...

[The holiday season brings with it nostalgia, childhood memories of Christmas, snow, sleigh-riding and ice-skating, hot chocolate,...

Wishing a very Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family! Last night I watched on “Nature” a program about a man who imprinted...

Thrilled to share that my poem "No Name" is just out in the Autumn / Winter issue of "Tiferet." http://www.tiferetjournal.com. Many...

I'm thrilled to announce that I have two poems in a wonderful anthology, "The Mountain", edited by David Anthony Martin with cover art by...

I'm so pleased to share the link for this poem from my new book Still-Water Days that appears in today's post from Silver Birch Press....

This afternoon I want to share a haibun I wrote fifteen years ago, one that was published back in 2006 in "Modern Haiku" (37.2). It...

I'm pleased to share that Marietta McGregor has again included one of my haiku in the weekly "selected" list for poems submitted for this...

Thanks to Marietta McGregor for including another of my new haiku, this one written to the prompt "tea party" in this week's Haiku...

I’m feeling meditative today, the 13th anniversary of the day my late husband, William J. (Bill) Higginson died. The mysteries of time,...

October is among my favorite months, blazing with scarlet and gold—compensation for its shortening hours of daylight. It also holds...

This gray, muggy morning here in southern New Jersey, I need to remind myself that it's possible to feel at peace despite these...

This morning we are on the cusp of a cold front here in NJ, expecting rain, wind, thunderstorms, and even the chance of an isolated...

On this Autumn Equinox day, I wake from a dream of having called my mother. She loved to garden, and each day as I walk past the small...

When I wrote this poem from my new book “Still-Water Days,” I remember hoping that somewhere among the galaxies other beings are doing...

These long, hot August days bring back memories of childhood in central NJ. I grew up in a semi-rural area. Our development climbed three...