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Welcome! This blog serves as a vessel to share my passion for poetry. If you are an adult or teen looking to read, learn, create, or share poetry, you’ve come to the right place. Poetry Pop is meant for everyone to enjoy, whether you’re a beginner, a seasoned poet, or somewhere in between. Now, let’s play with words!  —Danna Smith, author & poet

from my blog

  • A Publication Celebration and Interview
    I’m happy to have my newest book, “How Do You Haiku?” featured on Matt Esenwine’s blog this Poetry Friday! Head over to Radio, Rhythm, & Rhyme for my interview with Matt on the making of the book and to celebrate with us!
  • Zen Pop: Hope Matters
    Periodically on Poetry Pop, you will see a Zen Pop blog post. These posts are my way of sharing on a personal level and giving you a bit of poetic encouragement while traversing this beautiful (and often challenging) thing we call life.
  • Author Interview: Haiku Makes Me Happy
    I am pleased to share my interview with Literary Titan about my new how-to haiku handbook and why I wrote it. Click the bolded title below for the scoop!
  • How to Create Haiga (With Paint Blots)
    Often called Zen Art, Haiga (hi-gah) combines Haiku and drawings on the same page. The poetry and the images work together to strengthen one another. Japanese poets often created Haiga in ink with simple brush strokes. In my book, How Do You Haiku? A Step-by-Step … Read more
  • Writing a Mask Poem: Who Am I?
    A mask poem (also called a Persona) is written from the point of view of an object, an animal, or a person (other than yourself). Can you guess the subject of the three mask poems below? Read the poems then click the right arrow for … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? A Step-By-Step Guide with Templates—Now Available!
    I am happy to welcome this “how to haiku” handbook into the world (for ages 8 & up)! I fell in love with words from the moment I met them and wrote my first poem when I was eight years old. This is the book … Read more
  • How-To Poems: How to Be Star Jasmine
    Have you ever written a How-to Poem? In this poetry form, the poet walks the reader through a process, teaching them how to do something new and entertaining them along the way. You can guide your readers on how to find a husband, how to race … Read more
  • Picture Haiku: Tomato Leaf Massacre
    My garden has been kindly offering all kinds of veggies, zucchini, peppers and yes, fat juicy tomatoes for months. But as we near the end of summer, the snails have been enjoying the fruits of my labor as well! So today, I’m sharing a picture … Read more
  • Guest Pop: Connie Goldsmith Writes Catku!
    Periodically on Poetry Pop, we enjoy a Guest Pop where a guest poet pops in for a visit. I’d like to welcome, Connie Goldsmith to the blog! Connie’s day job has her living the life of a middle grade and young adult nonfiction writer, but … Read more
  • This and That (SUMMER)
    Well hello, summer! We’ve officially hit the summer season and that means it’s time for a This and That seasonal poem. It’s been fun to write about each season in this form. You can check out winter, spring, and fall‘s poems here.
  • Travel Haiku: Lake Davis, CA
    Haiku is about paying attention to a moment in nature and capturing that moment, like a snapshot, on paper with words (before it disappears).  My husband and I recently took the jeep up to Lake Davis near Portola, CA in northern California to celebrate our … Read more
  • Found Poem: Tiny Budda
    Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. The poems are made up of words taken from a printed document like a newspaper article, a speech, or in this case, the book, Tiny Budda. The poet selects words from the document and rearranges them … Read more
  • I Am Offering This Poem To You: A Golden Shovel Poem (with template)
    Golden Shovel poetry is a poetic form in which you borrow a line, or lines, from someone else’s poem, and use each of their words as the end words in your poem. Preferably, you write your poem in a way that feels like a continuation … Read more
  • This and That (Spring)
    One fall I went walking with a friend on a nearby trail, the colorful leaves crunching beneath our sneakers. We were talking about the russet beauty all around us, pointing out this and that as we went along. I thought a poem, in the form … Read more
  • Fun with Junk EMail: A List Poem
    My computer recently crashed and when it was up and running again, I found all of my junk mail had bailed the confines of its folder and was hanging out in my actual inbox. I spent hours sifting through what was junk and what was … Read more
  • Blog Hop: Happy International Haiku Day!
    Occasionally here on Poetry Pop, you’ll see a Poetry Pop Blog Hop post. This is when we take a field trip and hop over to another blog to see what’s going on. Today we are hopping over to CELEBRATE PICURE BOOKS blog where we are … Read more
  • A Basket of Easter Haiku
    The sun is shining here in northern California, just in time for the Easter Bunny to do her thing. Today in celebration of the holiday, I’ve filled a basket with a collection of Easter haiku. Enjoy and Happy Easter!
  • Celebrate National Poetry Month with “H Is For Haiku” (with lesson plan)
    Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to H is For Haiku, a beautiful book on Haiku written by the late Sydell Rosenberg (1929-1996) published by Penny Candy Books. Syd was a charter member of the Haiku Society of America in 1968. She wrote … Read more
  • Memorial Haiku: Happy Birthday, Dad
    Today would have been my dad’s 85th birthday. He was a lifelong falconer, so it seemed fitting that a hawk chose the day Dad passed away to circle the sky above me in grand, sweeping loops as it sang to the sky. It felt as … Read more
  • Two, Four, Six, Eight, Who Do We Appreciate? Cinquain!
    If you shy away from certain poetry forms because of the complicated rules, then the cinquain (Sin-Kane) might be the form for you!
  • Happy World Poetry Day: Poem Parade
    Remember the “old days” when you wanted to enjoy poetry? You’d find it in a book. These days, we often turn to the screen for our pop of poetry. This got me thinking that poetry in modern times is like a parade. Poems of every … Read more
  • The F Word (Forgiveness)
    Today I am sharing a poem from my novel in verse, The Complete Book of Aspen. The F Word is written in the triversen, (also known as “verset”) poetry form— a six-stanza poem in which each stanza is composed of one single sentence, broken into … Read more
  • Visual Prompt: Jelly Dancer
    We’ve all been there, pen in hand, waiting for a poem to arrive. Poetry prompts are a great way to get the juices flowing on those inevitable days when a poem doesn’t show up. In the visual prompt below, the tentacles reminded me of a … Read more
  • Poetry Pop Shop: Writing Down the Bones Deck
    On Poetry Pop, you will periodically get posts titled, Poetry Pop Shop, where I introduce some fun writerly or readerly items I think you might enjoy. The book, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg has been relished by writers in their practice for over … Read more
  • Travel Haiku: Cambria California
    Haiku is about “seeing”—about paying attention to a moment in nature and capturing that moment, like a snapshot, on paper with words (before it disappears).  My husband and I recently took a drive to Cambria on the northern California coast to celebrate my birthday. Rather … Read more
  • Found Poem: DNA Mission Statement
    Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. The poems are made up of words taken from a printed document like a newspaper article, a speech, or in this case, the core values statement from the popular DNA testing service, 23andMe. The poet selects … Read more
  • Happy Holidays From My Home (Poem) to Yours
    In September 2020, during the pandemic, I started this blog. I wasn’t sure if anyone would read it, but I knew I needed to share my words and was hoping others would share their poems with me. Before the blog, my poems were tucked away … Read more
  • This and That Poem (Winter)
    One fall day I went walking with a friend on a nearby trail. We were talking about the beauty of nature in autumn, pointing out this and that as we went along. The thought of a poem in the form of “This and That” played … Read more
  • Guest Pop: Linda Joy Singleton
    Periodically here on Poetry Pop, we enjoy a Guest Pop where a guest poet pops in for a visit. Today, Author Linda Joy Singleton shares her poem. Linda doesn’t consider herself a poet, but she definitely has a way with words, which goes to show … Read more
  • Zen Pop: A Love Note to My Body
    Periodically on Poetry Pop, you will see a Zen Pop blog post. These posts are my way of sharing on a personal level and giving you a bit of poetic encouragement while traversing this beautiful (and often challenging) thing we call life.
  • How To Write a Fibonacci Poem (with template)
    The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical pattern that occurs naturally in nature. Flower petals, rows of sunflower seeds, and pinecone nubs are just a few of nature’s creations that follow the pattern of each row equaling the sum of the two rows before.
  • Mask Poem Riddle
    A Mask Poem is when you write from an object’s point of view (or a person other than yourself). Today I’m sharing a mask poem with a twist as the object plays a guessing game with the reader. Can you guess from whose point of … Read more
  • When it Falls
    Happy Fall! Today is the first day of fall and as leaves and temperatures drop, it’s time for us to get out our sweaters, eat pumpkin pie, and write fall poetry! Today I’m sharing the poem I wrote using the fall season as a verb. … Read more
  • Paint Chip Haiku
    The other day I met with writer friends on Zoom to catch up and talk books. After chatting, we took ten minutes to write a paint chip poem from the colors and prompts below. I ended up with a haiku (without a prompt) and a … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #7 Best Books on Haiku
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 Welcome to the seventh and final post in our How Do You Haiku?© series! Last post we created a haiga (haiku with illustration)! … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #6 Haiga
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 And here we are, nearing the end of our How Do You Haiku?© series with the sixth of seven ways to write and … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #5 Saijiki (Season Word Dictionary) With Template
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 Welcome to the fifth installment of our seven-post series on Haiku! Last week we created kuhi (poem stones)! Today, we’ll make a season … Read more
  • We Interrupt The Regularly Scheduled Haiku Series Of Posts For This Exciting Announcement!
    My debut YA novel-in-verse, The Complete Book of Aspen, has received an amazing five-star review! The book is written in narrative verse but is also chock-full of poetic forms like shaped poems, haiku, senryu, skinny poems, list poems, found poetry, where I’m from poems, and … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #4 Kuhi (Poem stone)
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 This is the fourth installment of our seven-post series on Haiku! Last week we wrote Haibun where we combined a story with haiku! … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #3 haibun (story with haiku)
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 This is the third installment of our seven-post series on Haiku! Last week we wrote Picture Haiku where a picture of poppies by … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #2 Picture Haiku
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 Welcome to the second post of our seven-post series on Haiku! Last week we took a Ginko Walk in nature to help us … Read more
  • How Do You Haiku? #1 Take a Ginko Walk
    UPDATE 8.19.23: DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, THIS HOW DO YOU HAIKU BLOG SERIES IS NOW A BOOK! AVAILABLE SEPT 1, 2023. 🙂 Haiku is the most popular form of poetry today, but did you know there are different ways to write and present haiku? Today, … Read more
  • Cover reveal: YA Novel-In-Verse
    When Aspen’s best friend gives her a DNA test kit, a half teaspoon of spit is all it takes to discover her entire life has been a lie. I am proud to share the cover of my debut young adult novel-in-verse, releasing May 30, 2022! … Read more
  • Welcoming spring with a poem & new book!
    In the United States, spring began March 21st but depending on where you live, the bulbs may still be sleeping beneath the ground. For me, spring begins the moment I see my neighbor’s apricot tree blooming white popcorn blossoms.
  • Happy World Poetry Day!
    Many of us read, write, and teach poetry every day, but did you know there is an official day to celebrate and support poets and poetry? As an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO), world poetry day is held every … Read more
  • Prefix Poem (DIS: Dandelion wishes)
    When I first read Idra Novey’s prefix poem, Trans, in her poetry book, The Next Country, I was immediately enamored. Not only with her writing but by the form itself. Today I’m sharing my take on a prefix poem and the simple rules so you … Read more
  • Happy Birthday Acrostic
    Today is my Birthday. I’m at that point where I’m far from young, but I’m not quite old (unless you ask my children). And although I curse the wrinkles and reading glasses, I embrace aging as I know it’s a privilege denied to many. So … Read more
  • Poem Parade
    Remember the “old days” when you wanted to enjoy poetry? You’d find it in a book. These days, we often turn to the screen for our pop of poetry. This got me thinking that poetry in modern times is like a parade. Poems of every … Read more
  • This and That (FALL)
    The other day, I went walking with a friend on a nearby trail, the colorful leaves crunching beneath our sneakers. We were talking about the beauty of fall, pointing out this and that as we went along. The thought of a poem in the form … Read more
  • When it Falls
    Ah, autumn! As leaves and temperatures fall, it’s time for us to get out our sweaters, rake the leaves, and write fall poetry! I wrote this poem this morning (using the fall season as a verb) while the orange leaves of my Japanese maple waved … Read more
  • Featured Poem on YourDailyPoem.com
    Hi there my wonderful readers! Today my concrete children’s poem is featured on yourdailypoem.com! My “fractured nursery rhyme” poem, Hey Diddle Diddle is kicking off a week of poetry posts on the blog where poems are formated in the shape of the subject. Come on … Read more
  • The Color of Lies
    Have you ever told a white lie to spare someone hurt feelings? Or maybe the truth isn’t as exciting as the little white lie you’ve replaced it with? I recently read an online article at learning-mind.com by Valerie Soleil about how white lies do more … Read more
  • Visual Prompt: refuge in the library
    We’ve all been there, pen in hand, waiting for a poem to arrive. Poetry prompts are a great way to get the juices flowing on those inevitable days when a poem doesn’t show up. The visual prompt below reminded me that we have many friends … Read more
  • The F Word: How to Write a Transversen Poem
    If you haven’t heard of the Triversen poetic form (aka Verset), you are in for a triple treat! Verset means “in one breath” and Triversen means “three.” This triple verse sentence structure is a poetic form developed by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) that allows a poet to … Read more
  • Writer’s Block: Falling into Free Verse
    A free verse poem about writer’s block. Put a pop of poetry in your day.
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Mother Goose’s reply (final poem).
    I hope you’ve been enjoying my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Thirteen of Mother Goose’s characters have written a poem to Mother Goose in answer to her wish upon a star. This week, Mother Goose replies to all her characters in one final poem … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: a Ship a-sailing
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but do you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week thirteen (just one week left) of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! This week the poem is penned by the captain and crew of the … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Miss Muffet
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but do you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week twelve of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (just two more … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Moon
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but do you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week eleven of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (just three more … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Nimble Jack
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but do you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week ten of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Wee Willie Winkie
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week nine of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Dish and Spoon
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week eight of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: The Cow that Jumped over the Moon
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Welcome to week seven of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Betty Blue
    Welcome to week six of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Little Bo Peep
    Welcome back to week five of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: The Crooked Man
    Welcome to week four of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Georgie Porgie
    Welcome back to week three of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
    Welcome to week two of my Letters to Mother Goose poetry series! You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my series of poems (one each week) … Read more
  • Letters to Mother Goose Series: Jack-a-Dandy
    You know Mother Goose writes in rhyme, but did you know her characters are poets too? Join me today and all summer long as I share my Letter to Mother Goose series of poems (one each week) written to Mother Goose by the characters she … Read more
  • Poetry Pop Quiz: Test your Poetry IQ
    What type of poet are you? Put on your thinking cap and take this fun interactive quiz to find out!
  • Tanka : Haiku’s Big Cousin
    The word tanka means “short song” and is one of the oldest Japanese forms of poetry originating in the seventeenth century. The tanka is related to it’s shorter cousin, haiku, but isn’t as popular with American poets. Traditional Japanese tanka poems are made up of 31 … Read more
  • Travel Haiku: Taking Haiku on the Road
    Early this month, we talked about how to start a Haiku Journal. As mentioned, famous Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho, recorded his travels by way of haiku in his diary. I recently took a drive to the northern California coast for some R & R and … Read more
  • Visual Prompt: Pick a Number Between 1 and 9
    Let play a poetry game! Pick a number between one and nine then slide the cover to reveal the visual prompt that you can use to write a poem this week. The numbers are in random order in the lower right hand corner of each … Read more
  • Starting a Haiku Journal
    Haiku is about “seeing”—about paying attention to a moment in nature and capturing that moment, like a snapshot, on paper with words (before it disappears). Famous Japanese poet, Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), said that to write haiku you need to have the eyes and heart of … Read more
  • Momeries: A Mother’s Day Poem
    Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there and to grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and friends who are helping to raise a child. Being a mom is the greatest joy in my life. My kids are adults and living their own lives now, but sometimes … Read more
  • Book Spine Poetry: Novels
    Last week we wrote book spine poems using children’s books so this week, as promised, we are moving to the novel section of my bookshelf.
  • Book Spine Poetry: Earth Day
    You can find poems anywhere! Even in a stack of books! Creating a spine poem is much like writing found poetry but instead of using the text from a page of a book or article, you use the titles printed on the spines of books. … Read more
  • Found Poem: Where the Wild Things Are
    Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. The poems are made up of words taken from a printed document like a newspaper article, a speech, or in this case, a book, Where the Wild Things Are. The poet selects words from the document … Read more
  • Clipped Verse: Children’s Poetry for a Windy Day
    I first learned of clipped verse (sometimes called fragmented rhyme) back in 2007 when I was introduced to children’s author Verla Kay’s powerful historical non-fiction children’s book, Rough, Tough Charley. The book is about Charley Parkhurst, one of the most respected stagecoach drivers in the … Read more
  • Paint Chip Poetry: 9-11
    A few weeks back, I posted a Paint Chip Poetry exercise. It was so much fun, I thought I’d give it another try this week. The rules for Paint Chip Poetry are simple: Choose a random selection of color swatches from your local hardware store … Read more
  • #pandemicpoetry: Haiku the Happy Stuff
    The pandemic has brought with it much hardship and loss. So today, I want us to try to look past the darkness and write about something, anything, positive or hopeful that has come out of this trying year. Did you reconnect with nature? Did you … Read more
  • How to write a “Where I’m from” Poem (with template)
    The poem, Where I’m From by George Ella Lyons is powerful! It is a literary snapshot of the poet’s most memorable images of her childhood. Through her text, she takes the reader on a journey to show them who she was as a child and … Read more
  • Celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21st
    Many of us read, write, and teach poetry every day but did you know there is an official day to celebrate and support poets and poetry? As an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO), world poetry day is held every … Read more
  • How to Write a Found Poem: Thrift Shop Flowers
    Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. The poems are made up of words taken from a printed document such as a newspaper article, a speech, a menu, junk mail, or even another poem (or in this case, a book on flowers from … Read more
  • Paint Chip Poetry: Colorful Wordplay
    For the last decade I’ve attended an annual writer’s retreat by the ocean in Northern California where I gather with friends for inspiration, laughs, and writing. Each year, a friend, author, and artist I admire hosts a Paint Chip Poetry session. We dig into a … Read more
  • Zen Pop: Poetic Encouragement (Just Be)
    Life is hard. Today, if all you do is be, then that’s okay. Periodically on Poetry Pop, you will see a Zen Pop blog post. These posts are my way of sharing on a personal level and giving you a bit of poetic encouragement while … Read more
  • Free Verse: The Birth of a Poem
    There seems to be an influx of newborn babies right now, at least in my little corner of the world. I’ve enjoyed seeing the sweet little bundles of joy and their happy parents and grandparents on social media. So, I had the idea to write … Read more
  • Poetry Pop Shop: The Crafty Poet
    On Poetry Pop, you will periodically get posts titled, Poetry Pop Shop, where I introduce some fun writerly or readerly gadgets I think you might enjoy. Today, I want to share one of my favorite books on the craft with you. The Crafty Poet: A Portable … Read more
  • A Birthday Acrostic Poem
    I had a birthday this week. I’m at that point where I’m far from young, but I’m not quite old (unless you ask my kids 🙂 ) And although I curse the wrinkles, aches, and pains, I am trying to embrace aging as I know … Read more
  • Visual Poetry Prompt: Naked (a winter poem)
    When I saw this picture, it reminded me of growing up in Utah. Watching the Wasatch mountains turn a brilliant shade of autumn, leaving naked trees to be blanketed by snow. We always had the most beautiful snowstorms! I now live in Northern California’s wine … Read more
  • Writing a List Poem: A List with a Twist
    A list poem is just that, a list of items, ideas, or people. The list is usually placed in the middle of the poem, and most end with a surprise, ” a list with a twist”.  But can a list be poetic? Of course!
  • The Shortest Poem in History
    When I came across Strickland Gillilan’s 1927 poem, “Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes,” I had a good laugh. Not only because it’s a concise, funny poem but because the long, complicated title is comically in contrast. Apparently, someone else thought the same thing (as … Read more
  • Why a Poem? The Power of Poetry
    Having written poetry all my life, I’ve often wondered why. Why did I pick up a pen and write that first poem when I was a child? Why did I continue to write (and read) poetry through adulthood? What makes poetry so special? We’ve all … Read more
  • Merry Christmas and a Happy New Poem
    As we near the end of the year 2020, I look back at the hardships and challenges the pandemic has brought with it, but there have been some good things too. I’m grateful my family and friends are well and that I’ve been able to … Read more
  • Triversen: Random Acts of Normalcy
    It has been a long nine months since my home state of California locked down due to the pandemic. The entire world is going through a lot right now, but I am amazed at the creativity and resilience of people who are trying to hold … Read more