The Midwest has been experiencing our share of winter weather, and I hope all of you have been staying safe! I wanted to share a poem by Shekhar Aiyar published by Able Muse called Crash, Trance, Winter. I hope you take a few moments to read it, because it's only eight lines long! Even though it's a poem … Continue reading A Bite of Winter Word Candy
Your first draft is pretty crappy, kind of like your first attempt at making a cake from a box mix. Maybe only your loved ones are willing to look at it, and even they have to reach a bit to compliment it. "Oh, it looks so nice," they say. Really, though, a child probably could have done it. And maybe that child wouldn't have confused salt for sugar. Oops!
Katie Bennett 