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- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
- 122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
- Book Review: LoterÃa Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
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Dragonfly
Ren took this amazing picture at Fort Snelling State Park in Minnesota. She says it’s a male twelve-spotted skimmer and... -
Kids, Bootleggers, and Diviners
I read a fair amount of young adult fiction-both as part of my job as a professor of secondary education... -
Dignified
It’s obvious that female writers and male writers are equals and “greatness” is highly subjective so we don’t have to... -
The Memory Keeper
They say 3 moves purges as much stuff as a fire. I’m testing that theory this summer. I moved last... -
Paula’s ride to church in Trenton, Utah
I made a visit to my hometown in mid April, so I took some photos of my mom’s ride to... -
Gosford Park
After recently bingeing on the award-winning and critically acclaimed BBC mini-series Downton Abbey, the drama-comedy Gosford Park caught my eye... -
On Shoes
According to their origins, shoes are functional items. They give a degree of protection against the chance of you stepping... -
The Birdnapper
“He fell out of the nest two stories up yesterday. I think the parents have given up on him,”... -
LDS at the White House this week
Twenty members of the church discuss civic engagement at the White House. Read about it here. -
Teens and Social Media
I have a 14-year-old daughter, so I have many opportunities to think about teens, texting, and Facebook. We got her... -
It’s Not You, It’s Me
I loved this recent segment from NPR’s All Songs Considered about the bands that contributors have broken up with over... -
Remember When . . .
When we are weary and in need of strength We remember them When we are lost and sick at heart... -
Living Rapturously
A week ago, some of us were waiting with bated breath to find out if Harold Camping had crunched the... -
The Grovers’ Ride to Church in Vegas!
This week’s Ride to Church comes to us from Las Vegas! Two notes from Tom: Although Las Vegas has a... -
‘We Have Won’: The Spirit of the Marathon
In the year 490 BC, so the story goes, a herald from Athens named Pheidippides, already having run 150 miles... -
Papa, Watch me Fly!
On Sunday nights, we gather all the piles of clean laundry into the living room and fold it while watching... -
Moneybags
Money Memory #1: A few years ago I found $20 in an old canvas purse. I should note that it... -
Sometimes it pays to be the squeaky wheel
My son Stuart’s end-of-the-year dance recital was last Saturday night. He looked like a million bucks up there on stage... -
Return and Report: A Visit From the Goon Squad
Welcome back to Return and Report, a segment on Stacks where I give brief reports on what I’ve been reading... -
By the Cut of Their Hair, Ye Shall Know Them
It’s summer buzz time at our house. The last week of school marks the time that hair standards are drastically... -
Tina Fey’s Arithmetic Mean Girl
Does anyone remember the ABC After School Specials that ran from 1972–1997? I do. In fact I remember once fantasizing... -
The Illusion of Equality
Today, a guest post from Helen. I read a review of Rebecca Asher’s book the week it came out in... -
Derall’s Ride to Church in Arizona
Today’s Ride to Church comes to us from sunny Arizona. Derall says: “It is 70 degrees as we walk out... -
Love letters to Amy Poehler
A few years ago I was crossing Castro street in San Francisco after a yoga class when I was stopped... -
30something
No week-long love fest of Tina Fey is complete without a discussion (however incomplete) of her hit-ish show, 30 Rock.... -
You Can Recognize Them by Their Hand-Carved Daggers…
I love memoirs. And I love Tina Fey. So I was just salivating as my friends and co-bloggers... -
O me, of little Feyth
I’m drowning right now. I just finished up the hardest, most wholly unsatisfying and frustrating year of my career. Sure,... -
Tina Reveals All (and then some) in Bossypants
If you’re a Tina Fey fangirl, this NPR interview with Tina Fey is definitely worth a listen. -
All Girls Must Be Everything
Now if you’re not “hot,” you are expected to work on it until you are. -
You’ve Gotta Have Feyth
It started last month. We pre-ordered it on Amazon, ventured into the world of audio books so that we could... -
Tina’s Rules for Reducing Belly Fat
Welcome to our All Tina, All the Time week here at Doves & Serpents. For an explanation of why we’re... -
A System
In the 2000 Christopher Nolan film Memento, the central character (Leonard) has a big problem with his memory. After an... -
Diary of a Wimpy Mom
A promise is a promise, or so my kids said, even if I really didn’t want to take them to... -
Angels with Power Tools
When you hear the words “Compassionate Service” what comes to mind? This is like one of those word association... -
Parental Involvement: The Gold Standard
We hold these truths to be self-evident-that all good parents are involved in their children’s education. They bring food (homemade... -
SexRead
Since I pretty much like tackling any topic through reading, it should be no surprise that I like reading about... -
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
As we approached the wide junction of Avinguda Diagonal and the street on which our hotel was located, I saw... -
Ride to Church in Avon & Paradise, Utah
Come enjoy Carole’s ride to church in Cache Valley, Utah. Carole lives in Avon and the church building is... -
Going there
Virya is a Sanskrit word that is most often used in spiritual circles to refer to the energetic... -
What Dreams May Come
There are two ways into the world of dreams. The first is to walk in consciously, the second is to... -
The Saviors of Soul Revisited
In 1997, some twenty years after his notoriously iconoclastic conversion to Christianity, when asked what he then believed, Bob... -
Park it!
Children can only write so many letters to full-time missionaries. Or out-of-state family members. They can only color so many... -
“We are the champions” . . . and now? On Osama Bin Laden and Mexico
My friend Jason sent me this link on Monday that discusses the death of Osama Bin Laden from a perspective... -
Rainbow
Karen Robertson writes: “After a day of wind and rain, we were getting the kids ready for bed when my... -
BUTT-erfly T-shirts for Mother’s Day
My first child was born on January 5. The months between her birth and Mother’s Day were, um, let’s just... -
In the Gut
“It’s not about masculine or feminine. It’s about power, and passion, and weirdness” -
“We Did Not Choose This Fight”
“We did not choose this fight” is uttered from the lips of our leaders as we discuss the war on... -
World Market
When I need chocolate, and nothing but an enormous brick of Cadbury Dairy Milk or a handful of a Kinder... -
Walk to Church in New Orleans
In early April, I had to (got to?) to a conference in New Orleans for work. So on Sunday morning,... -
Marshmallows, Obedience and You
In the famous Stanford Marshmallow Experiment (1972), Professor Walter Mischel gave four year-old children a marshmallow, and instructed them that...