Excuse for a moment while I try to wrap my head around the fact that I just realized this is my 743rd blog post. Say, what?? When I began this blog in the summer of 2012, I was just trying to get my name out there and show folks what I did, and share a few words of wisdom. (Very few, truth be told)

My return from summer hiatus has been a bit different from past seasons. Tomorrow, Sat., 9/27, 10a-4p! I tend to primarily share my own work with a few poems by others here and there; however, the …

My return from summer hiatus has been a bit different from past seasons. Tomorrow, Sat., 9/27, 10a-4p! I tend to primarily share my own work with a few poems by others here and there; however, the past few weeks have been busy with three book festivals including Chappaqua Children's Book Festival this weekend, and just trying to find the time to post anything at all has been a challenge.

Let me begin by saying this: If you're going to write a poem with this kind of title, you can be guaranteed I'll read it. Much like last week's post, this was not the poem I'd intended to share today. But with the events of the past week or two, I've been trying to tone down my autistic anxiety with poetry.

Let me begin by saying this: If you're going to write a poem with this kind of title, you can be guaranteed I'll read it. Much like last week's post, this was not the poem I'd intended to share today. But with the events of the past week or two, I've been trying to tone down my autistic anxiety with poetry.

Well, I'm finally back from my summer hiatus - spending time with the kids, enjoying some vacation time, doing lots of library visits - and I come back to see the country is on fire. Again. So I decided to alter my plans for today's return to the blog and thought I'd share a very meaningful poem you might have never seen.