So, I finished another book toward my thirtieth year goal to read ten books, A Double Life by Lisa Catherine Harper, but I just started Bring Down the Little Birds by Carmen Gimenez Smith, and I think it’ll be fun to blog about those two together, since they are both on mothering. Instead, let meContinueContinue reading “Book Three 2012: Pitch by Todd Boss”
Author Archives: Sarah M. Wells
Festival of Faith and Writing, Writing Process, and Writing Writing. Writing.
This week I am heading north to the big mitten for the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing. I am looking forward to giving a presentation on “Poetry as Worship, Poetry in Worship: Inviting Creativity into the Worship Experience” – and with a title like that, who could skip it, right? I’m also moderatingContinueContinue reading “Festival of Faith and Writing, Writing Process, and Writing Writing. Writing.”
Haiku for Kindergarteners
Tomorrow I’m going to Lydia’s kindergarten class to talk a little about poetry. Her teacher is pretty stinkin’ awesome at everything, but one of the things I love is that the kids typically have a poem homework assignment each week where they read and analyze the poem for syllables, sounds, and rhymes. Since it’s NationalContinueContinue reading “Haiku for Kindergarteners”
Three Limericks for My Kids
It’s day eight of Poem-a-day April, and I’m feeling fresh out of ideas today, so for fun, I wrote a few limericks for Lydia, Elvis, and Henry. It was a fun little project, actually. Here they are:There once was a girl named Lydiawho flew to a town in Australia.She arrived too latefor her dinner datebutContinueContinue reading “Three Limericks for My Kids”
Spring break 2012 – girls gone wild! With poetry!
I am sitting in the house I grew up in with all three of my kids sound asleep by 8 o’clock, drinking a glass of wine and writing poetry. This has been one of those amazing weeks you can never plan or count on happening for fear of disappointment, but when they come about, allContinueContinue reading “Spring break 2012 – girls gone wild! With poetry!”
Book Two 2012 – Celebration of Discipline
Our small group worked through Richard J. Foster’s Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth the first few months of 2012. In an effort to put spiritual disciplines into practice, our group spent a week on each chapter trying out the Inward Disciplines: Meditation, Prayer, Fasting, and Study, and the Outward Disciplines: Simplicity, Solitude,ContinueContinue reading “Book Two 2012 – Celebration of Discipline”
No Idle Hands Here
We’ve had another full, fun weekend around these parts. The rust bucket Durango retired at the Ford dealership Friday, and Brandon and I did a little happy dance that it did NOT begin belching smoke in the parking lot when they started it up. We pulled away with a 2004 Ford Expedition, pleased with ourContinueContinue reading “No Idle Hands Here”
Book One – Best Spiritual Writing 2012
Well, I finally finished a book. It took me a while, mostly because I’ve been a lazy reader, but also because this fine book was just thick with the stuff that gets you thinking. The Best Spiritual Writing 2012 is a diverse and stimulating collection that includes both poetry and essay, work about wonder andContinueContinue reading “Book One – Best Spiritual Writing 2012”
First World Problems: An Encounter with Infomercials
Excerpts from tonight’s airing of THE PRICE OF SEX: A documentary on human trafficking. “I was locked inside without a passport. I was inside all the time. I wasn’t allowed out. Even the windows were shut. We were always working. Sometimes 50 clients a day. I have the same thoughts now that I did then: I wishContinueContinue reading “First World Problems: An Encounter with Infomercials”
Hello and Goodbye, AWP
Hello, home. Hello, dog, whose behavior seems miraculously better after a week apart. Hello, thermostat set at just the right temperature. Hello, eastern standard time and your accommodating capacity to keep my baby asleep until a godlier hour than central time. Hello, taller, smarter, better enunciating children– has it only been four days?? Hello, patientContinueContinue reading “Hello and Goodbye, AWP”
Sarah Marie Wells 