Monthly Archives: July 2011

Stanley Kunitz Birthday Party

Stanley would have been 106 today. If he could have, he would have stayed longer on this earth. He had infectious energy that inspired and awed.  I remember at his 100th Birthday Party he read a number of his poems … Continue reading

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July 26

The heat lately has seared the grass and troubled the atmosphere. Some people are grumpy too. I like warm but very hot changes my electricity. So I’m thankful for the blessed rain, however little, these past two days. A poem … Continue reading

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July 4, 2011

When I lived on the South Shore of Massachusetts as a child, July 4th was fireworks, hotdogs, all the ice cream we could eat and long days in the sun. We stayed home, didn’t leave town. It was glorious with … Continue reading

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