Custom Is More Than Just An Adjective

February 20, 2017

I like words.  I love the dictionary.  I stand in awe of the English language.  How a string of words put together can describe a feeling or an emotion.  How changing just one word in a phrase can change the whole meaning of a sentence.  I am amazed how the right words put together can form … More Custom Is More Than Just An Adjective

Lilacs In The Dooryard

January 13, 2017

Walt Whitman wrote a poem entitled When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d .  It was written in a time of great unrest in our country.  The poem describes his feelings after the assassination of President Lincoln. One part of the poem has always struck me.  Through the darkness of the poem, he switches gears and talks about the … More Lilacs In The Dooryard