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Recent Posts
- 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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life Archive
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Santa and I
The year I turned four or five, we drove to my grandparents in central Wisconsin for Christmas. Actually, we... -
Moral Issues
Today on our local NPR affiliate, a local Stake Presidency member was interviewed about the roll-out of the “I’m a... -
Favorites: Business Lunch
I asked a group with an empty chair if I could sit with them. A young man’s smile put me... -
Finding Peace
Forgiveness. As babies and young children, we can’t help but forgive those that wrong us. We have no... -
The Wish Tree
I had my five year old daughter with me and I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t get her... -
Book Lover
I’m not afraid to admit it. I have a problem. I’m addicted to books. I thought I had kept it... -
Crash Test
The thought of any inexperienced driver in charge of a 4,000 pound machine makes me very nervous, but anticipating my... -
08 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Painting by the Numbers
It’s about the process, not the outcome. Painting by the numbers, regardless of how carefully, isn’t the same as painting... -
Window to Utopia
What would heaven be like, for a teenager? -
The Nursery Window
“Long ago,” he said, “I thought like you that my mother would always keep the window open for me, so... -
We Are Pioneers
As I was telling my Kindergartner earlier this month that we’re all pioneers in some way. Whenever we stand up... -
No Soup For You!
I recently read this article in the Orlando Sentinel reporting on a third round of arrests of activists arrested for... -
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... -
Find Your Tribe
Over a decade ago I read this article in Mothering Magazine about a woman who is far from family and... -
Kids and Calamities
I watched the Twin Towers fall on TV, my oldest child safely ensconced in her kindergarten class. My toddler... -
Parallel Journeys
By Claudia On my personal blog, I am known as “The Faithful Dissident.” For the past three years, I’ve been... -
“Do you want to end up living under a bridge?”
This is, reportedly, what my daughter’s second grade teacher asked her class during a fit of frustration over their less-than-enthusiastic... -
Talents: Addition and Multiplication
This is a guest post from a favorite reader and commenter, Corktree. It may sound simplistic (or just serving of... -
Celebrating the Man As Well As His Cause
A guest post from a reader, Debra. Names matter. They do. My life experience has taught me this. Names are... -
Leaving
I’m in the process of choosing to leave. I’m almost there. There’s only a consideration of the cost. -
Bearing a Burden
It sounds corny, but by carrying around her belongings (two pairs of sturdy shoes, a box of office supplies, a... -
Mirror
When the Universe ends-or re-begins?-how will we know? Who will write the history of it? And what is the basis... -
The Power and the Glory of Quirky Observation
I’ve recently been reminded of how some, more quirky observations can easily lead to delightful moments of wonder and a... -
London Calling
[UPDATED] I took a call from London at four this morning — that’s 11 AM London time. It was my... -
Penelope’s List
Is the desire to be happy a human universal? Or is it just another one of those preferences that arise... -
Blessed Eve, Mother of All Living
The opposite of life is not death, rather never knowing. Yet knowledge has been called a forbidden fruit and a...