I am deep in the thrall of my finals week right now, which means that posting is going to be light this week. Of course, when you’re getting an MA in Writing finals week does not mean exams, it means lots and lots of writing and revisions. Which I must return to now.

My confessional post about my white bread purchase yesterday stirred some emotions about white verses whole wheat bread, and so I thought I’d continue the conversation by posting a poem my mom wrote about my grandfather (her step-father) and the bread he served with dinner every night.
The Bread and Butter Gap
by Leana McClellan
“It’s good food,”
my […]

I volunteered to make some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids at an after-church lunch on Sunday*. I went to Trader Joe’s this afternoon to buy the makings and ended up buying some white bread for those kids who are exceptionally picky eaters. As I stood in line, I felt the […]

1. Hills and Hollers - Adrienne Young (The Art of Virtue)
2. Attics of my Life - Grateful Dead (American Beauty)
3. The Trouble with Love - Maria Muldaur (Meet Me at Midnight)
4. Wrecking Ball - Gillian Welch (World Cafe Old Crow Medicine Show)
5. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor (Sweet Baby James)
6. Fire and Rain - […]

I Dined Out for Life tonight with four friends I don’t see nearly enough at Mixto (11th and Pine).  I had the ropa vieja, which came very highly recommended by Jamie, and was not at all disappointed by it.  It is a mess of slow and long-cooked beef in a sauce that is tangy and […]

When I was 9 years old, my parents gave me their old coat rack to use in my bedroom. It was the first time we lived in a house that had a hall closet, and so we didn’t need the rack to serve as storage for winter-wear. I kept it in my room […]

Waiting in line at my local hardware store yesterday afternoon, getting some keys made for a friend, I found myself standing behind an elderly woman. She was buying a mop, some light bulbs, a few bottles of cleaning products and a few other things I couldn’t see clearly. She wore a curly brown […]

I had intended to put this picture up last night, as a place holder for some future, more substantive post, because it was my final night with my sister for some time. But then my internet connection went down and I wasn’t able to post a darn thing (the level to which I need […]

A couple of days ago, Raina spent the night with some folksinger friends in Western Mass who are friends from way back with Dar Williams. They presented Raina with a picture of Dar wearing a “Raina Rose Loves Me” button. A very cool thing for those of us who adore Dar.
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I feel like […]

1. Mystery - Indigo Girls (Swamp Ophelia)
2. Till Tomorrow - Don McLean (American Pie)
3. Live With Me - The Rolling Stones (Let It Bleed)
4. Blue Mind - Alexi Murdoch (Four Songs)
5. Scarlet Begonias - Grateful Dead (Dick’s Picks Volume 6 Disc 2)
6. Can’t Hide Love - Earth, Wind & Fire (The Best of Earth, Wind […]