Happy Halloween! I am including here a handy place to find some of my previous Halloween-related posts, to make your life easier and...

Hello all, and happy Thursday! Happy March! Happy almost-spring-at-least-on-the-calendar... I know on Thursdays I typically post a book...

Happy Halloween, everyone! Spooky season is here, even though, depending on where you are and what you think and how you feel, you may be...

I haven't done a "recommended reads" list in a while, and the holiday season has me thinking it's just about time I dust off the lists...

Happy review day! Last year (or maybe the year before?) I decided to try to expand my reading horizons, and part of that was reading more...

A week ago I posted about traveling, and how I am in Italy right about now. This is another post coming to you that I've written in...

I love to travel. Don't get me wrong, I do love being home, too. But the world is such a great big place, and there is so much to see and...

Today is a day to honour dads. When I think of my own father, I think of quiet advice, strong hands. Max Ehrmann's "Desiderata" embodies...

It's Shakespeare's birthday today. At my school, we gave cake to any student who recited Shakespearean lines. We gave out a lot of cake....

In honour of Earth Day today, I thought I'd share an Emily Dickinson poem, all about nature. You can also check out last year's posts of...

The Easter Flower by Claude McKay Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground, Where...

First of all, happy birthday, blog! Exactly one year ago today, I published my very first blog post. You can read that here, but I will...

Happy Valentine's Day! I'm not big on the holiday, which is probably shocking, considering I'm a major fan of romance and cheesiness and...

Happy Olympics season, everyone! I know there are problems with the finances and everything, with discrepancies and politics and health...

Hello, 2018. How's it going? I've been writing and focusing a lot on this new year looming ahead of us. Our feet are planted on the road...

I love New Years! A typically introspective person, there is something about reflection and looking forward into the new year that I...

The poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" is responsible for our image of a jolly, chubby Santa Claus we associate with the big man...

Yesterday was my last day of school before the holidays. There was door decorating, and ugly sweaters, and Santa hats, and Christmas...

In Canada, where I live, today is Remembrance Day. It commemorates those who died in armed conflicts. While we pay particular attention...

Happy Halloween! I love Halloween. It's my second-favourite holiday, and that's saying something, because I am a huge wuss. I get scared...