Blog and Writing Samples
Let Freedom Ring – Please!
Have you seen the ad (force-fed to your iPhone messages) that says next to a picture of The Statue of Liberty "She Doesn't Stand Here So you Can Sit on Your Couch. Do your Civic Duty. Vote..." When was the assumption made and accepted as a legit concern that all...
Placing Modifiers Where They Best Represent Your Intended Meaning
Of course, a life’s partner could just say “I love you” and leave it at that; but we do like to add dramatic emphasis to our declarations of devotion, so, have at it! Move this modifier (“only”) down the line (placing it in each blank), and explain its new meaning or...
The SAT and the ACT and the Curse of the Reading Section
Here is one strategy a respected educator offers test-takers to help them cope with the dreaded Reading section of either major standardized test: "Before reading the answer choices, come up with your own answer to the question: This strategy is exactly designed...
Ah! Youth Soccer!
Coaches EML & JB honor their last All-Star squad
Threshold: The Hallmaster, 1970-71
by Tom Daley for & about Gene Legg That bangs-and-rooster hairdo favored by the glitter rock raconteurs. That blonde and wry uptick of the eyebrows. That mischievous recliner spread out while you were grading papers. We crowded your apartment every night for tea...
Whiners and Winners
by Gene Legg . There comes a time in the evolution of humankind when one type of behavior has run its course and another should take its place. So it is with whining. It’s time to stop honoring the whine and...
Broken Hearts and Separate Checks
Morals amuck and a pick-up truck are what brought the two together – She in lace with that angelic face, he in grime and fine-creased leather. Their love was crossed from the very beginning – She frowned in a frenzy ‘cuz he kept on grinning When she spilled coffee in...
It Was in Her Kiss
I remember falling in love ‘Neath dazzling blue skies above With a girl who liked my tennis strokes Who rode a new bike with shiny spokes And showed me the road to heavenly bliss - The magic, my friend, was in her kiss. I remember after a while I dreamed of her and...
BY THE HEARTH
REJUVENATION (a sonnet of sadness defeated by resolve) Ignite, crackle of kindle, so welcome an intrusion! Light 'pon reflection of that snowy 'scape of youthful folly - Of days when tedium and torment played deceptively jolly. Voracious Age yields us that blessed...