Out Where the Crawdads Sing
Another of my favorite books is Out Where the Crawdads Sing for several reasons: A truly original plot. Well delineated and believable...
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Wilma Gundy
Oct 311 min read
November
November glides in Annilating the ghosts and black cats Of Halloween Relieving October’s fevered brow With...
Wilma Gundy
Oct 191 min read
All the Light We Cannot See
This is one of my favorite books for several reasons: Foremost, the choice of characters, contrasting the disability of a blind girl with...
Lew Gundy
Oct 151 min read
Happy Birthday Mom!
Hey Mom, As I have NO idea how to write a poem for your birthday, here is one that is AI generated. Love Ya! Happy Birthday! Happy...
Wilma Gundy
Oct 71 min read
Symbol of Communion
In the French countryside We visit a 15th century church The church is locked, but on one side We notice a small room The...
Wilma Gundy
Sep 251 min read
October
October, queen of the Autumn ball, Strolls into the hall. She wears robes of every hue Scarlet maple, yellow aspen, and purple...
Wilma Gundy
Sep 191 min read
Teaching Love of Poetry
When I first started to teach at Drake Junior High in 1961, the only books available for my 7th grade classes was a set of grammar books,...
Wilma Gundy
Sep 121 min read
Teaching Literature
September elicits memories of teaching. When I started as a teacher in Jeffco, it was January, 1961 and I took over a class of 7th...
Wilma Gundy
Sep 21 min read
Let’s Meet for Coffee
So frequently when I am reading a book, the characters meet for a cup of tea if in England, or coffe in USA, or bourbon in a bar in the...
Wilma Gundy
Aug 281 min read
September
September is Mother Nature calling us in from recess Assigning us new tasks and new goals To accomplish in the days of...
Wilma Gundy
Aug 211 min read
Distinguished Ancestor, part 3
In 1848, friends of Ambrose persuaded him to run for the Constituent Assembly. He lost the election. However, as an advocate for...
Wilma Gundy
Aug 161 min read
Distinguished Ancestor, part 2
After seeing the bust of Lloyd’s great-great grandfather in the Troyes museum, we were anxious to learn more about this man who had so...
Wilma Gundy
Aug 91 min read
Distinguished Ancestor
When we planned a trip to France in1979, Lloyd’s cousin urged us to go to Troyes, France where, in the local museum, was a sculpture of...
Wilma Gundy
Aug 21 min read
August
August is a spendthrift with Summer’s heat Hot sauna nights Long slow-paddle days Squandering molten rays on Mother Earth Sun-drizzling...
Wilma Gundy
Jul 271 min read
Summer is Vacation
Lloyd’s job, trouble-shooting as a mechanical engineer, required that he cover all the states west of the Mississippi River. He flew...
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