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Two Mothers
We have our biological mothers, but everyone has one person who mentors and inspires us to lead our best lives.
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Star Glow and Fire
A poem for Mother's Day.
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Burning the Piano in the Driveway
Alas, some dreams are better left unrealized.
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Playing the Piano … Again
The more you practice the better you'll play. The better you play, the more fun you'll have. The more fun you have, the more you'll want to practice…
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Saturday Special: Junk Food and Up(down)cycled Plastic
What do feta cheese, KFC side dishes, and sliced lunch meats have in common? Sounds to me like a creative use of leftovers known in my house as Cauhape…
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Suburban Cowgirls: Two Poems of a Lost World
Lots of suburban kids in the 1950s knew of the Pony Man, a photographer that snapped a picture that would feed dreams of horses and the open range.
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April 2024

Telling Time with Roy and Dale
Any American kid raised during the 1950s knows about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. It's probably one reason some of us hold a secret love for westerns and…
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Recycling Plastics: Truth, Fraud, or Just a Gross Misunderstanding
Since recycling began in the 1970s, what ends up where has plagued our suspicions and challenged our faith in the system. Here's the final truth.
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Painting the Patio Fence
When you live in the exurbs, anything can happen and the line is blurred between wild and domestic.
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Three Poems for Earth Day
It's Earth Day and Ring Around the Basin is reposting some poems to celebrate. Just click on the titles if you want to see the original postings. One…
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Saturday Special: Did I Really Say that Out Loud?
I just can't seem to keep my mouth shut. My babblings have gotten me into trouble many times, but today's incident bodes ominous for the…
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Seeing Cathee in the Post Office
Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 for his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement. Two months later on June 5th, Bobby Kennedy…
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